# biography

> English word · Noun · IPA /baɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ · frequency rank #8,392

## Definitions
1. A person's life story, especially one published.
2. The art of writing this kind of story.

## Etymology
From New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

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

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbiography`, `bigoraphy`, `biogarphy`, `bioggraphy`, `biograhpy`, `biographhy`, `biographyy`, `biograpphy`, `biograpyh`, `biogrpahy`, `biogrraphy`, `biorgaphy`, `boigraphy`, `ibography`

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