photocopier
"photocopier" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photocopier” is uncommon English (frequency #80,754 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,754
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photocopier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photocopier” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
photocopier is uncommon English at frequency #80,754 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.".
No misspelling variants are generated for photocopier in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From photocopy + -er. The correct English form is photocopier, spelled P-H-O-T-O-C-O-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
Etymology
From photocopy + -er.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “photocopier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-O-T-O-C-O-P-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.