literatim

1. 1.

   letter for letter

   “the message was transcribed literatim”

Questions about literatim

What does literatim mean?

literatim means "letter for letter".

How many syllables are in literatim?

literatim has 4 syllables and divides as li-te-ra-tim under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is literatim a common word?

literatim is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.