ikonografisch

[ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]

/[ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“ikonografisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - in Bezug auf die Ikonografie, der (wissenschaftlichen) Bestimmung, Beschreibung und Deutung von Kunstwerken

Corpus desk

Index DE-ikonografisch · ikonografisch · German

ikonografisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for ikonografisch
PropertyValue
Headwordikonografisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ikonografisch” sits in German frequency

ikonografisch falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ikonografisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Bezug auf die Ikonografie, der (wissenschaftlichen) Bestimmung, Beschreibung und Deutung von Kunstwerken".

ikonografisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ikonografisch, spelled I-K-O-N-O-G-R-A-F-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Bezug auf die Ikonografie, der (wissenschaftlichen) Bestimmung, Beschreibung und Deutung von Kunstwerken

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ikonografisch"?
"ikonografisch" is spelled I-K-O-N-O-G-R-A-F-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ].
What does "ikonografisch" mean?
As an adjective, "ikonografisch" means: in Bezug auf die Ikonografie, der (wissenschaftlichen) Bestimmung, Beschreibung und Deutung von Kunstwerken
How do you pronounce "ikonografisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ikonografisch" is [ikonoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ikonografisch" come from?
"ikonografisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list