photographer
/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/noun
photographer is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photographer means “One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photographer is photographers.
How many letters and syllables are in photographer?
| Letters | 12: P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is photographer?
Photographer appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th 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 photographer?
- UK /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/
- US /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
Photographer has 4 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-photographer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with photographer?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as photographer from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡɹəfəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of photographer
- photographers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photographer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate photographer?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of photographer: fotog.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photographer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who takes photographs:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | photographe, photoseur |
| German | Fotograf, Photograph, Fotografin, Photographin |
| Portuguese | fotógrafo, fotógrafa |
| Spanish | fotógrafo, fotógrafa |
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.