# cartography

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/ · frequency rank #43,074

## Definitions
1. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
2. An illustrative discussion of a topic.

## Etymology
From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.

## Common misspellings (18)
`acrtography`, `carotgraphy`, `carrtography`, `cartgoraphy`, `cartogarphy`, `cartoggraphy`, `cartograhpy`, `cartographhy`, `cartographyy`, `cartograpphy`, `cartograpyh`, `cartogrpahy`, `cartogrraphy`, `cartorgaphy`, `carttography`, `catrography`, `ccartography`, `cratography`

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