hagiography
/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/
"hagiography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hagiography” is uncommon English (frequency #85,318 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,318
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hagiography · hagiography · English
hagiography · rank #85,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,318
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Guth
Nearest frequency peer: Guth (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hagiography”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Guth
Guth
14,685 corpus weight
- hagiography
hagiography
14,683 corpus weight
- Halima
Halima
14,681 corpus weight
- hangry
hangry
14,679 corpus weight
- Hansson
Hansson
14,677 corpus weight
- Hanwell
Hanwell
14,676 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hagiography” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hagiography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #85,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hagiography” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hagiography is uncommon English at frequency #85,318 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hagiography, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hagio- + -graphy. The correct English form is hagiography, spelled H-A-G-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
- 2A biography of a saint.
- 3A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
- 4A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
Etymology
From hagio- + -graphy.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.