# biographer vs biography

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### biographer
*noun · frequency rank #25,681*
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.

### biography
*noun · IPA /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ · frequency rank #8,392*
A person's life story, especially one published.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biographer-vs-biography