photocopying
"photocopying" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photocopying” is uncommon English (frequency #61,704 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,704
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process by which photocopies are made.
Corpus desk
Index EN-photocopying · photocopying · English
photocopying · rank #61,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,704
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Philomena
Nearest frequency peer: Philomena (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “photocopying”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- perversely
perversely
38,301 corpus weight
- pervy
pervy
38,300 corpus weight
- Philomena
Philomena
38,298 corpus weight
- photocopying
photocopying
38,297 corpus weight
- Piaget
Piaget
38,296 corpus weight
- pinstripe
pinstripe
38,293 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “photocopying” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photocopying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “photocopying” in English
Rare enough to double-check
photocopying is uncommon English at frequency #61,704 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process by which photocopies are made.".
photocopying doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is photocopying, spelled P-H-O-T-O-C-O-P-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The process by which photocopies are made.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how photocopying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The forms became almost illegible after multiple photocopyings.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).