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 September 3, 2026) - The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lexicography · lexicography · English
lexicography · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lexicography |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lexicography” in English
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lexicography appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]here are ſeveral Species of Writing, in which a proper Degree of Hebetude is abſolutely neceſſary, as well as in other profeſſions; such as Lexicography, Index-making, and the like; [...]
And ſuch is the fate of hapleſs lexicography, that not only darkneſs, but light, impedes and diſtreſſes it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illuſtrated.
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.