Fotograf
[fotoˈɡʁaːf]
The verdict
“Fotograf” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,472
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die sich beruflich mit dem Herstellen und Bearbeiten von Lichtbildern beschäftigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-fotograf · Fotograf · German
Fotograf · rank #7,472 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,472
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Flüge
Nearest frequency peer: Flüge (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Fotograf“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- flog
flog
92,532 corpus weight
- Florida
Florida
92,531 corpus weight
- Flüge
Flüge
92,530 corpus weight
- Fotograf
Fotograf
92,529 corpus weight
- geehrt
geehrt
92,527 corpus weight
- gefährlichen
gefährlichen
92,526 corpus weight
What this shows „Fotograf“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fotograf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fotoˈɡʁaːf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Fotograf“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Fotograf (IPA [fotoˈɡʁaːf]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,472 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die sich beruflich mit dem Herstellen und Bearbeiten von Lichtbildern beschäftigt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fotograf, with forms such as "ffotograf", "footgraf", and "fotgoraf". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Fotografie", "Fotografen", "Fotografin", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fotograf, spelled F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F.
Definition
- 1Person, die sich beruflich mit dem Herstellen und Bearbeiten von Lichtbildern beschäftigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fotograf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Gehirn-Anatom also, der auf ein der Leiche entnommenes Gehirn starrt, um hier Residuen von Gedanken zu finden, begeht von seinem Denken aus denselben Fehler, wie ein Fotograf, der aus Betrachtung einer Negativ-Platte Schlüsse auf die Natur — des Lichts ziehen wollte.“
„Denn Herr Jürgens, der Standesbeamte von Glowitz, Kreis Stolp in Pommern, ist eigentlich der Fotograf unseres Kirchspiels, allgegenwärtig bei Taufen, Konfirmationen und Hochzeiten in den Dörfern ringsum.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffotograf
- footgraf
- fotgoraf
- fotogarf
- fotoggraf
- fotograff
- fotogrfa
- fotogrraf
- fotorgaf
- fottograf
- ftoograf
- oftograf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fotograf - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fotograf", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).