chirography
/kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/
"chirography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chirography” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chirography · chirography · English
chirography · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chirography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chirography” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chirography is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chirography, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From chirograph + -y under influence from geography &c., from French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + γραφος (graphos, “wr… The correct English form is chirography, spelled C-H-I-R-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
- 2Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
- 3Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
- 4Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chirography appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A flourishing style of chirography is nowhere less in place than on a physician's prescription.
Etymology
From chirograph + -y under influence from geography &c., from French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + γραφος (graphos, “writing, written thing”). Equivalent to chiro- (“hand”) + -graphy (“writing”) and handwriting.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.