phot
/foʊt/noun, verb
phot is spelled P-H-O-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phot means “A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phot is phots.
How many letters and syllables are in phot?
| Letters | 4: P-H-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is phot?
Phot appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce phot?
- UK /fəʊt/
- US /foʊt/
- US /fɑt/
As a verb (“to photograph”): /fɒt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phot.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phot2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with phot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as phot from its last stressed vowel (/oʊt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: toph.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of phot
- phots plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- photting participle, present
- photted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous flux through an area (symbol ph).
verb
- 1
informalto photograph
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate phot?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of phot: ph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does phot come from?
Coined by André Blondel in 1921. See photo-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).