hagiografía
[axjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
The verdict
“hagiografía” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Historia o estudio de la vida de los santos de la Iglesia católica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hagiografia · hagiografía · Spanish
hagiografía · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | hagiografía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [axjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hagiografía” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hagiografía is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [axjoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hagiografía, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is hagiografía, spelled H-A-G-I-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Historia o estudio de la vida de los santos de la Iglesia católica.
- 2Relato exageradamente elogioso y complaciente en la biografía de otra persona.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hagiografía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¡Pero hacía falta muy otra cosa para inducir a la Iglesia a arriar la bandera de la “nación católica”! Ni siquiera lo pensaba. Dónde estaban sus raíces, se encargó de recordar Monseñor Fernández en una homilía por los setenta años de la muerte de Eva Perón. Realizada en la catedral de La Plata, donde en 1945 Perón y Eva se habían casado, fue un “himno nac…
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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.