monograph
noun, verb
monograph is spelled M-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monograph means “A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects; especially, such a document that is written by one person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monograph is monographs.
How many letters and syllables are in monograph?
| Letters | 9: M-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 monograph?
Monograph appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 monograph?
Monograph has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with monograph?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as monograph.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: phonogram.
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 monograph
- monographs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- monographing participle, present
- monographed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does monograph mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects; especially, such a document that is written by one person.
- 2
archaicA nonserial (nonperiodical) publication: a one-time publication.
- 3
A single letter, especially one which represents a phoneme by itself.
verb
- 1
To write a monograph on (a subject).
- 2
USOf the FDA: to publish a standard that authorizes the use of (a substance).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Monograph in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense scholarly book or treatise:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | monographie |
| German | Monografie |
| Portuguese | monografia |
| Spanish | monografía |
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.
Where does monograph come from?
From mono- (“one”) + -graph (“write”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).