sonography

noun

"sonography" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sonography” is uncommon English (frequency #93,170 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,170
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clipping of ultrasonography

Corpus desk

Index EN-sonography · sonography · English

sonography · rank #93,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,170
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH somedays

Nearest frequency peer: somedays (-1 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 “sonography”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “sonography” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sonography
PropertyValue
Headwordsonography
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sonography” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).sonographyfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “somedays” (#93,169), “sophist” (#93,171), “solidus” (#93,168). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sonography” is #93,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sonography is uncommon English at frequency #93,170 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sonography in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sono- + -graphy. The correct English form is sonography, spelled S-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clipping of ultrasonography
  2. 2
    night writing

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sonography appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sonographic assessments including brain and abdominal sonographies and ocular examination for the potential seeding of the fungi were normal.

Etymology

From sono- + -graphy.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sonography"?
"sonography" is spelled S-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y.
What does "sonography" mean?
As a noun, "sonography" means: Clipping of ultrasonography
What is the origin of the word "sonography"?
From sono- + -graphy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sonography", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list