photoshop
/ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/
"photoshop" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photoshop” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,937
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).
Corpus desk
Index EN-photoshop · photoshop · English
photoshop · rank #9,937 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,937
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH phantom
Nearest frequency peer: phantom (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “photoshop”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- participant
participant
90,067 corpus weight
- penguin
penguin
90,066 corpus weight
- phantom
phantom
90,065 corpus weight
- photoshop
photoshop
90,064 corpus weight
- Pitt
Pitt
90,063 corpus weight
- precedent
precedent
90,062 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “photoshop” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | photoshop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photoshop” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around photoshop (IPA /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,937 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for photoshop, with forms such as "hpotoshop", "phhotoshop", and "phootshop". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "photoshoot", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transfe… The correct English form is photoshop, spelled P-H-O-T-O-S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).
Etymology
Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transferred to the printing plates.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpotoshop
- phhotoshop
- phootshop
- photohsop
- photoshhop
- photoshopp
- photoshpo
- photosohp
- photosshop
- photsohop
- phottoshop
- phtooshop
- pohtoshop
- pphotoshop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of photoshop - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "photoshop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.