photosphere
noun
photosphere is spelled P-H-O-T-O-S-P-H-E-R-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, photosphere means “A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of photosphere is photospheres.
How many letters and syllables are in photosphere?
| Letters | 11: P-H-O-T-O-S-P-H-E-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is photosphere?
Photosphere appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th 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 photosphere?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-photosphere.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of photosphere
- photospheres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does photosphere mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun.
- 2
A 360-degree panoramic photograph that provides a full view of a scene from all angles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Photosphere in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a visible surface layer of a star:
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.
Where does photosphere come from?
From photo- + -sphere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).