WordNet
word form
n. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" [syn: form, signifier, descriptor]
Usage examples of "word form".
The roar of the crowd was too loud for Catelyn to hear what Ser Loras said, but she saw the word form on his split, bloody lips.
They were in a sense speaking two complementary but different languages in which every word form had two variants.
With All Quiet, you are better off using the word form in its broad senses meaning style and structure.