cartographer
"cartographer" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cartographer” is uncommon English (frequency #61,347 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,347
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who makes maps or charts.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cartographer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cartographer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cartographer is uncommon English at frequency #61,347 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One who makes maps or charts.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cartographer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cartography + -er. The correct English form is cartographer, spelled C-A-R-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who makes maps or charts.
Etymology
From cartography + -er.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cartographer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-R-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.