photobomb
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/
"photobomb" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photobomb” is uncommon English (frequency #87,674 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,674
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-photobomb · photobomb · English
photobomb · rank #87,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,674
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH phlegmatic
Nearest frequency peer: phlegmatic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “photobomb”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- phenobarbit…
phenobarbital
12,330 corpus weight
- phenytoin
phenytoin
12,329 corpus weight
- phlegmatic
phlegmatic
12,328 corpus weight
- photobomb
photobomb
12,327 corpus weight
- pickerel
pickerel
12,325 corpus weight
- pickler
pickler
12,324 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “photobomb” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photobomb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photobomb” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
photobomb is uncommon English at frequency #87,674 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for photobomb, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From photo + bomb. The correct English form is photobomb, spelled P-H-O-T-O-B-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1To unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.
Etymology
From photo + bomb.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.