# chromatography

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/ · frequency rank #30,732

## Definitions
1. Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

## Etymology
Back-formation from chromatographic, borrowed from German chromatographisch (see there for more); by surface analysis, chromato- + -graphy. The technique is so named because it was developed primarily for the separation of the plant pigments, which would separate in bands of different "colors" (chromato-) .

## Common misspellings (23)
`cchromatography`, `chhromatography`, `chormatography`, `chrmoatography`, `chroamtography`, `chromaotgraphy`, `chromatgoraphy`, `chromatogarphy`, `chromatoggraphy`, `chromatograhpy`, `chromatographhy`, `chromatographyy`, `chromatograpphy`, `chromatograpyh`, `chromatogrpahy`, `chromatogrraphy`, `chromatorgaphy`, `chromattography`, `chrommatography`, `chromtaography`, `chrromatography`, `crhomatography`, `hcromatography`

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