biografía

/[bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,516

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

biografía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Trayectoria, especialmente narrada en forma de historia, de la vida de una persona o, por extensión, de una entidad. Pronounced [bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. It ranks #7,516 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with biógrafo and biógrafos.

Key facts for biografía
PropertyValue
Headwordbiografía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,516
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of biografía in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for biografía is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,516 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for biografía, with forms such as "bbiografía", "bigorafía", and "biogarfía". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "biógrafo", "biógrafos", "biografías", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is biografía, spelled B-I-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trayectoria, especialmente narrada en forma de historia, de la vida de una persona o, por extensión, de una entidad.
  2. 2
    Género literario dentro del cual se clasifica la narración de biografías₁.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbiografía,bigorafía,biogarfía,bioggrafía,biografaí,biograffía,biograífa,biogrfaía,biogrrafía,biorgafía,boigrafía,ibografía,viografía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for biografía

Misspelling Variants of "biografía"

bbiografía10bigorafía9biogarfía9bioggrafía10biografaí9biograffía10biograífa9biogrfaía9
Misspelling Variants of "biografía"

Frequency rank: #7,516 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "biografía"?
"biografía" is spelled B-I-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia].
What does "biografía" mean?
As a noun, "biografía" means: Trayectoria, especialmente narrada en forma de historia, de la vida de una persona o, por extensión, de una entidad.
What words are commonly confused with "biografía"?
"biografía" is commonly confused with "biógrafo", "biógrafos", "biografías". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "biografía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "biografía" is [bjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "biografía" come from?
"biografía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.