photographer
/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/
"photographer" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photographer” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,474 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,474
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photographer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photographer” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for photographer is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,474 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for photographer, with forms such as "hpotographer", "phhotographer", and "phootgrapher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "photography", "photographs", "photographic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er. The correct English form is photographer, spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
Etymology
From photograph + -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph + er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hpotographer,phhotographer,phootgrapher,photgorapher,photogarpher,photoggrapher,photograhper,photograpehr,photographerr,photographher,photographre,photograppher,photogrpaher,photogrrapher,photorgapher,phottographer,phtoographer,pohtographer,pphotographer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of photographer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “photographer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “photography” - see the side-by-side comparison. photographer vs photography
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.