discography
/ˌdɪsˈkɑɡɹəfi/noun
discography is spelled D-I-S-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, discography means “A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of discography is discographies.
How many letters and syllables are in discography?
| Letters | 11: D-I-S-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is discography?
Discography appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce discography?
- UK /ˌdɪsˈkɒɡɹəfi/
- US /ˌdɪsˈkɑɡɹəfi/
Discography has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-discography.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with discography?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as discography from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɹəfi/):
- photography
- geography
- biography
- pornography
- choreography
- topography
- tomography
- typography
- oceanography
- ethnography
- historiography
- crystallography
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of discography
- discographies plural
- diskography
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does discography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases).
- 2
A complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
- 3
Radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate discography?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of discography: discog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Discography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense complete collection of the releases of a musical act:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | discographie |
| German | Diskografie |
| Portuguese | discografia |
| Spanish | discografía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does discography come from?
From disco- + -graphy. First attested in 1933.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).