# photography

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ · frequency rank #3,325

## Definitions
1. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
2. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

## Etymology
From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φῶς (phôs, “of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “write, draw”).

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

## Common misspellings (18)
`hpotography`, `phhotography`, `phootgraphy`, `photgoraphy`, `photogarphy`, `photoggraphy`, `photograhpy`, `photographhy`, `photographyy`, `photograpphy`, `photograpyh`, `photogrpahy`, `photogrraphy`, `photorgaphy`, `phottography`, `phtoography`, `pohtography`, `pphotography`

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