cinematograph
"cinematograph" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cinematograph” is uncommon English (frequency #95,826 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,826
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cinematograph · cinematograph · English
cinematograph · rank #95,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,826
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clenbuterol
Nearest frequency peer: clenbuterol (+4 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 “cinematograph”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cinematogra…
cinematograph
4,175 corpus weight
- clenbuterol
clenbuterol
4,171 corpus weight
- clinger
clinger
4,170 corpus weight
- clownish
clownish
4,169 corpus weight
- clozapine
clozapine
4,168 corpus weight
- clunker
clunker
4,167 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cinematograph” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinematograph |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #95,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cinematograph” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cinematograph is uncommon English at frequency #95,826 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.".
cinematograph has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cinématographe. The correct English form is cinematograph, spelled C-I-N-E-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H.
Definition
- 1A camera that could develop its own film and served as its own projector.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cinematograph appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Oh, you mean the cinematograph—the pictures of prize-fights and steamers. I’ve seen ’em up country.” “Biograph or cinematograph was what I was alludin’ to. London Bridge with the omnibuses—a troopship goin’ to the war—marines on parade at Portsmouth an’ the Plymouth Express arrivin’ at Paddin’ton.” “Seen ’em all. Seen ’em all,” said Hooper impatiently.
Flashes from the other groups of monitors and the heavy siege guns keep the whole sky lit up, flicking their flashes on the cloud-ridden celestial screen like a badly worked cinematograph.
Etymology
From French cinématographe.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).