Heterography

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heterography \Het`er*og"ra*phy\, n. [Hetero- + -graphy.]
     That method of spelling in which the same letters represent
     different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary
     English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
     [1913 Webster]