photograph
/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/noun, verb
photograph is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photograph means “A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photograph is photographs.
How many letters and syllables are in photograph?
| Letters | 10: P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is photograph?
Photograph appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th 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 photograph?
- UK /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/
- UK [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf]
- US /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/
Photograph has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-photograph.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of photograph
- photographs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- photographing participle, present
- photographed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photograph mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
verb
- 1
To take a photograph (of).
- 2
To fix permanently in the memory etc.
- 3
To appear in a photograph.
She photographs well. The camera loves her.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photograph in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | photographie, photo , photographier |
| German | Photographie, Fotografie, Foto, Lichtbild, Bild , fotografieren |
| Portuguese | fotografia, foto, retrato , fotografar |
| Spanish | fotografía, toma fotográfica , fotografiar, tomar una foto, escrachar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does photograph come from?
From photo- + -graph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).