non-word

• nonword

From non- +‎ word.

non-word (plural non-words)

1. Any sequence of sounds or letters which is not considered to be a word, whether through an accidental gap (for example, phextapher-styphren) or through a systematic gap (for example, fssstpklyitnbkdv). quotations ▼
   • 1986, Daniel G. Marowski, Contemporary Literary Criticism, page 382:

     […] trashola prose features regular dollops of sub-literate laziness (including non-words like "arousement" and "assertation").

• word

• pseudoword

• nonce word