lexicography
/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/
"lexicography" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lexicography” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lexicography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lexicography” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lexicography is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
lexicography doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lexico- (prefix meaning ‘speech; words’) + -graphy (suffix meaning ‘something written about a specified subject’). The correct English form is lexicography, spelled L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
- 2The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
- 3A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
Etymology
From lexico- (prefix meaning ‘speech; words’) + -graphy (suffix meaning ‘something written about a specified subject’).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lexicography”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-X-I-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.