Biographie

/[bioɡʁaˈfiː]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,435

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Biographie is aGermannoun. It means: Lebensbeschreibung einer Person Pronounced [bioɡʁaˈfiː]. Often confused with Biographien and Biografie.

Key facts for Biographie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBiographie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bioɡʁaˈfiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,435
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Biographie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Biographie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bioɡʁaˈfiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,435 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lebensbeschreibung einer Person".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Biographie, with forms such as "bbiographie", "bigoraphie", and "biogarphie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Biographien", "Biografie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Biographie, spelled B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lebensbeschreibung einer Person

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbiographie,bigoraphie,biogarphie,bioggraphie,biograhpie,biographei,biographhie,biograpihe,biograpphie,biogrpahie,biogrraphie,biorgaphie,boigraphie,ibographie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Biographie

Misspelling Variants of "Biographie"

bbiographie11bigoraphie10biogarphie10bioggraphie11biograhpie10biographei10biographhie11biograpihe10
Misspelling Variants of "Biographie"

Frequency rank: #10,435 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Biographie"?
"Biographie" is spelled B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [bioɡʁaˈfiː].
What does "Biographie" mean?
As a noun, "Biographie" means: Lebensbeschreibung einer Person
What words are commonly confused with "Biographie"?
"Biographie" is commonly confused with "Biographien", "Biografie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Biographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Biographie" is [bioɡʁaˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Biographie" come from?
"Biographie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.