cosmographie

\kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\

/\kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“cosmographie” is uncommon French (frequency #96,790 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,790
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Description astronomique de l’univers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cosmographie · cosmographie · French

cosmographie · rank #96,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,790
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corrupteurs

Nearest frequency peer: corrupteurs (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cosmographie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cosmographie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cosmographie
PropertyValue
Headwordcosmographie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#96,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cosmographie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cosmographietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « corrupteurs » (#96,789), « Couesnon » (#96,791), « coédition » (#96,793). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cosmographie » est au #96,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cosmographie is uncommon French at frequency #96,790 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Description astronomique de l’univers.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cosmographie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cosmographie, spelled C-O-S-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Description astronomique de l’univers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Autrefois, dit Rosenthal, j'étais très fort sur la cosmographie. Mais maintenant le cou sous la guillotine, vous ne me feriez pas dire où est l’étoile polaire...

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cosmographie"?
"cosmographie" is spelled C-O-S-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "cosmographie" mean?
As a noun, "cosmographie" means: Description astronomique de l’univers.
How do you pronounce "cosmographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cosmographie" is \kɔs.mɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cosmographie" come from?
"cosmographie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list