fotos

/[ˈfotos]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,033

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

fotos is aGermanverb. It means: Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs foti Pronounced [ˈfotos]. It ranks #1,033 in German word frequency. Often confused with Fotze and Fötus.

Key facts for fotos
PropertyValue
Headwordfotos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfotos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,033
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fotos in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for fotos is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfotos]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,033 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs foti".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for fotos, with forms such as "ffotos", "foots", and "fotoss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Fotze", "Fötus", "Fouls", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is fotos, spelled F-O-T-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs foti

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffotos,foots,fotoss,fotso,fottos,ftoos,oftos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fotos

Misspelling Variants of "fotos"

ffotos6foots5fotoss6fotso5fottos6ftoos5oftos5
Misspelling Variants of "fotos"

Frequency rank: #1,033 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fotos"?
"fotos" is spelled F-O-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfotos].
What does "fotos" mean?
As a verb, "fotos" means: Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs foti
What words are commonly confused with "fotos"?
"fotos" is commonly confused with "Fotze", "Fötus", "Fouls". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fotos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fotos" is [ˈfotos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fotos" come from?
"fotos" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.