"heterogram" meaning in English

See heterogram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: heterograms [plural]
Etymology: From hetero- + -gram. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hetero|gram}} hetero- + -gram Head templates: {{en-noun}} heterogram (plural heterograms)
  1. A word or phrase in which no letter occurs more than once.
    Sense id: en-heterogram-en-noun-FeXqv2ON
  2. The spelling of a foreign language used as a logogram/ideogram. Categories (topical): Palaeography
    Sense id: en-heterogram-en-noun-5S3j~El- Disambiguation of Palaeography: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hetero-, English terms suffixed with -gram, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -gram: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: isogram

Inflected forms

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