cinematographic
/ˌsɪ.nə.mæ.təˈɡɹæ.fɪk/
"cinematographic" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cinematographic” is uncommon English (frequency #74,834 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,834
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - of or pertaining to cinematography
Corpus desk
Index EN-cinematographic · cinematographic · English
cinematographic · rank #74,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,834
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH ciliary
Nearest frequency peer: ciliary (-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 “cinematographic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chorlton
Chorlton
25,170 corpus weight
- chupacabra
chupacabra
25,169 corpus weight
- ciliary
ciliary
25,168 corpus weight
- cinematogra…
cinematographic
25,167 corpus weight
- Clemenceau
Clemenceau
25,166 corpus weight
- cockiness
cockiness
25,164 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cinematographic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cinematographic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌsɪ.nə.mæ.təˈɡɹæ.fɪk/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #74,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cinematographic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cinematographic is uncommon English at frequency #74,834 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌsɪ.nə.mæ.təˈɡɹæ.fɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "of or pertaining to cinematography".
No misspelling variants are generated for cinematographic in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cinematograph + -ic. The correct English form is cinematographic, spelled C-I-N-E-M-A-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C.
Definition
- 1of or pertaining to cinematography
Etymology
From cinematograph + -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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