photo

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The verdict

“photo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,909
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Foto

Corpus desk

Index DE-photo · photo · German

photo · rank #13,909 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,909
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH PISA

Nearest frequency peer: PISA (+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 „photo“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „photo“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

photo vs pot
60% similar
photo vs polo
60% similar
photo vs plot
60% similar

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

Key facts for photo
PropertyValue
Headwordphoto
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,909
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „photo“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.photoliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „PISA“ (#13,910), „ops“ (#13,907), „Pixel“ (#13,911). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „photo“ bei #13,909. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around photo (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,909 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Foto".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for photo, with forms such as "hpoto", "phhoto", and "phoot". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pot", "polo", "plot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is photo, spelled P-H-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Foto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J'ai pris en photo.
  2. Je ne peux pas le voir en photo !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpoto
  • phhoto
  • phoot
  • photto
  • phtoo
  • pohto
  • pphoto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of photo - 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.

hpoto2phhoto1phoot2photto1phtoo2pohto2pphoto1
Edit distance from "photo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "photo"?
"photo" is spelled P-H-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "photo" mean?
As a noun, "photo" means: Foto
What words are commonly confused with "photo"?
"photo" is commonly confused with "pot", "polo", "plot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "photo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "photo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "photo" come from?
"photo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list