iconographie

\i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\

/\i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

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The verdict

“iconographie” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,890
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science qui décrit les images, les tableaux, médailles, statues, bustes, camées, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-iconographie · iconographie · French

iconographie · rank #23,890 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,890
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hymnes

Nearest frequency peer: hymnes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « iconographie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « iconographie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

iconographie vs iconographique
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for iconographie
PropertyValue
Headwordiconographie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#23,890
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « iconographie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).iconographiese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hymnes » (#23,889), « Ignace » (#23,891), « hospital » (#23,888). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « iconographie » est au #23,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around iconographie (IPA \i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,890 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for iconographie, with forms such as "cionographie", "icconographie", and "icnoographie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "iconographique", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is iconographie, spelled I-C-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science qui décrit les images, les tableaux, médailles, statues, bustes, camées, etc.
  2. 2
    Connaissance des monuments antiques.
  3. 3
    Catalogue, énumération descriptive et critique des portraits d’une personne célèbre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Jebtsundamba Khutuktu est le chef spirituel de l’église bouddhiste en Mongolie. Il serait la réincarnation du lama Zanabazar, lama fondateur de la ville d’Oulan-Bator qui occupe une place importante dans l’iconographie nationale de la Mongolie contemporaine.
  2. — Cependant, à l'enfant sage,l'immobilité sied bien. L’iconographie pieuse le montre, que confirme, mille fois répété, le « reste donc un peu tranquille » de parents exténués, s'épuisant à calmer leur vibrionique progéniture.

This word in other languages

iconography(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cionographie
  • icconographie
  • icnoographie
  • icongoraphie
  • iconnographie
  • iconogarphie
  • iconoggraphie
  • iconograhpie
  • iconographei
  • iconographhie
  • iconograpihe
  • iconograpphie
  • iconogrpahie
  • iconogrraphie
  • iconorgaphie
  • icoongraphie
  • iocnographie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of iconographie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cionographie2icconographie1icnoographie2icongoraphie2iconnographie1iconogarphie2iconoggraphie1iconograhpie2
Edit distance from "iconographie"

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 "iconographie"?
"iconographie" is spelled I-C-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "iconographie" mean?
As a noun, "iconographie" means: Science qui décrit les images, les tableaux, médailles, statues, bustes, camées, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "iconographie"?
"iconographie" is commonly confused with "iconographique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "iconographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iconographie" is \i.kɔ.nɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iconographie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

inévitables17 variantsdescriptive17 variantspertinemment17 variantscollaborative17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list