letter

Meaning

1. A symbol in an alphabet.
2. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
3. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
4. Literature.
5. A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
6. A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
7. A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
8. Clipping of varsity letter.
9. A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.

character

book

correspondence

letter of the alphabet

alphabetic character

written message

handwriting character

written document

spelling book

written language

personal correspondence

take home

phonetic script

chirography

encyclic

design

font type

written character

graphic symbol

have it coming

have the best

A-size

letter character

epistula

Frequency

Hyphenated as

let‧ter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə/

From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Related to diphtheria. Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2.

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