hydrography
/haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
"hydrography" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hydrography” is uncommon English (frequency #86,371 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,371
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hydrography · hydrography · English
hydrography · rank #86,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,371
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Huet
Nearest frequency peer: Huet (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “hydrography”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- houseplant
houseplant
13,633 corpus weight
- Huet
Huet
13,632 corpus weight
- hydrography
hydrography
13,630 corpus weight
- hypogonadism
hypogonadism
13,628 corpus weight
- Ichikawa
Ichikawa
13,627 corpus weight
- incongruent
incongruent
13,623 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hydrography” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hydrography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hydrography” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hydrography is uncommon English at frequency #86,371 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hydrography in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hydro- + -graphy. The correct English form is hydrography, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hydrography appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This small pond is not in the MDNR hydrography dataset but is part of a larger historical feature bisected by the Project Alignment noted in the MDNR hydrography data as a drained wetland.
Etymology
From hydro- + -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.
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