filmography

noun

"filmography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“filmography” is uncommon English (frequency #58,693 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,693
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.

Corpus desk

Index EN-filmography · filmography · English

filmography · rank #58,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,693
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH fetishism

Nearest frequency peer: fetishism (-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 “filmography”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “filmography” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for filmography
PropertyValue
Headwordfilmography
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “filmography” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).filmographyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “fetishism” (#58,692), “flatness” (#58,695), “flaxseed” (#58,696). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “filmography” is #58,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

filmography is uncommon English at frequency #58,693 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.".

filmography doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From film + -ography. The correct English form is filmography, spelled F-I-L-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.

Etymology

From film + -ography.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "filmography"?
"filmography" is spelled F-I-L-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
What does "filmography" mean?
As a noun, "filmography" means: A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
What is the origin of the word "filmography"?
From film + -ography. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "filmography", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list