Home › Words › O › orthographizeorthographizeorthographize means to spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.EtymologyFrom orthography + -ize.verbTo spell correctly or according to usage or pronunciation.To correct in regard to spelling.e.g.“"In the" coalesced into "ith", which modern reaction has orthographized to "i' th".” — 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:To devise a writing system for a language.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).