cartographic
/ˌkɑː.təʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
"cartographic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cartographic” is uncommon English (frequency #55,308 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,308
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cartographic · cartographic · English
cartographic · rank #55,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,308
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Caravaggio
Nearest frequency peer: Caravaggio (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “cartographic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- callow
callow
44,698 corpus weight
- Caravaggio
Caravaggio
44,694 corpus weight
- cartographic
cartographic
44,693 corpus weight
- Caswell
Caswell
44,691 corpus weight
- CBF
CBF
44,690 corpus weight
- CDO
CDO
44,689 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cartographic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cartographic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌkɑː.təʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cartographic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cartographic is uncommon English at frequency #55,308 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌkɑː.təʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to the making of maps.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cartographic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cartography + -ic. The correct English form is cartographic, spelled C-A-R-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cartographic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This is important to the ends of tangible geography, as well in the construction and arrangement of tables, as in every description of cartographic composition.
However, both of these examples assume that no three dimensional data is available in the initial digital cartographic data or other data sets that precede the immediate operation.
Etymology
From cartography + -ic.
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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