# photograph

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ · frequency rank #4,878

## Definitions
1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

## Etymology
From photo- + -graph.

## Easily confused with
- **photography** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photograph-vs-photography)
- **photographs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photograph-vs-photographs)
- **photographer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photograph-vs-photographer)
- **photographic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/photograph-vs-photographic)
- **phonograph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonograph-vs-photograph)

## Common misspellings (16)
`hpotograph`, `phhotograph`, `phootgraph`, `photgoraph`, `photogarph`, `photoggraph`, `photograhp`, `photographh`, `photograpph`, `photogrpah`, `photogrraph`, `photorgaph`, `phottograph`, `phtoograph`, `pohtograph`, `pphotograph`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/photograph