# bibliography

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/ · frequency rank #9,288

## Definitions
1. A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
2. A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
3. The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

## Easily confused with
- **bibliographic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bibliographic-vs-bibliography)

## Common misspellings (19)
`bbibliography`, `bbiliography`, `bibbliography`, `bibilography`, `bibligoraphy`, `bibliogarphy`, `biblioggraphy`, `bibliograhpy`, `bibliographhy`, `bibliographyy`, `bibliograpphy`, `bibliograpyh`, `bibliogrpahy`, `bibliogrraphy`, `bibliorgaphy`, `biblliography`, `bibloigraphy`, `bilbiography`, `ibbliography`

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