geography
ge·og·ra·phy/d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/noun
geography is spelled G-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (ge·og·ra·phy). It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, geography means “The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of geography is geographies.
How many letters and syllables are in geography?
| Letters | 9: G-E-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: ge·og·ra·phy |
| In writing | 9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th 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; 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 geography?
Geography appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th 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 geography?
- UK /dʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/
- UK /ˈdʒɒɡɹəfi/
- US /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/
Geography has 4 syllables, split ge·og·ra·phy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-geography.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with geography?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as geography from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɹəfi/):
- photography
- biography
- pornography
- choreography
- topography
- discography
- 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 geography
- geographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does geography mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.
Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.
- 2
archaicAn atlas or gazetteer.
- 3
archaicA description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography.
- 4
Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth.
- 5
Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution.
- 6
Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets.
- 7
The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house.
- 8
The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate geography?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of geography: geo, geog..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Geography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | géographie |
| German | Geografie, Geographie, Erdkunde |
| Portuguese | geografia |
| Spanish | geografía |
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.