# photographer

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/ · frequency rank #4,474

## Definitions
1. One 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.

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

## Common misspellings (19)
`hpotographer`, `phhotographer`, `phootgrapher`, `photgorapher`, `photogarpher`, `photoggrapher`, `photograhper`, `photograpehr`, `photographerr`, `photographher`, `photographre`, `photograppher`, `photogrpaher`, `photogrrapher`, `photorgapher`, `phottographer`, `phtoographer`, `pohtographer`, `pphotographer`

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