writing system

Questions about writing system

What does writing system mean?

writing system means "a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols".

What is another word for writing system?

Close synonyms include orthography. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is writing system a common word?

writing system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.