hagiographie

\a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\

/\a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“hagiographie” is uncommon French (frequency #63,041 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,041
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traité sur les choses saintes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hagiographie · hagiographie · French

hagiographie · rank #63,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,041
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hampstead

Nearest frequency peer: Hampstead (+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 « hagiographie »

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 « hagiographie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hagiographie
PropertyValue
Headwordhagiographie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hagiographie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hagiographietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Hampstead » (#63,042), « harcèlements » (#63,043), « grossissant » (#63,038). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hagiographie » est au #63,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hagiographie is uncommon French at frequency #63,041 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hagiographie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hagiographie, spelled H-A-G-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Traité sur les choses saintes.
  2. 2
    Biographie d’un ou plusieurs saints.
  3. 3
    Biographie très ou trop louangeuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce miracle, ignoré du clergé local au XVIIᵉ siècle, est sûrement le produit de l’imagination de certains spécialistes en hagiographie.
  2. Entre tant de particularités que la Bretagne possède en propre, l’hagiographie locale est sûrement la plus singulière. Quand on visite à pied le pays, une chose frappe au premier coup d’œil. Les églises paroissiales, où se fait le culte du dimanche, ne diffèrent pas essentiellement de celles des autres pays. Que si l’on parcourt la campagne, au contraire,…

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 "hagiographie"?
"hagiographie" is spelled H-A-G-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "hagiographie" mean?
As a noun, "hagiographie" means: Traité sur les choses saintes.
How do you pronounce "hagiographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hagiographie" is \a.ʒjɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hagiographie", 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