photovoltaic
"photovoltaic" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“photovoltaic” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,326
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Producing a voltage when exposed to light.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photovoltaic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #28,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photovoltaic” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around photovoltaic, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,326 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Producing a voltage when exposed to light.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for photovoltaic, with forms such as "hpotovoltaic", "phhotovoltaic", and "phootvoltaic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From photo- + voltaic. The correct English form is photovoltaic, spelled P-H-O-T-O-V-O-L-T-A-I-C.
Definition
- 1Producing a voltage when exposed to light.
Etymology
From photo- + voltaic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hpotovoltaic
- phhotovoltaic
- phootvoltaic
- photoovltaic
- photovlotaic
- photovolatic
- photovolltaic
- photovoltaci
- photovoltaicc
- photovoltiac
- photovolttaic
- photovotlaic
- photovvoltaic
- phottovoltaic
- photvooltaic
- phtoovoltaic
- pohtovoltaic
- pphotovoltaic
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of photovoltaic - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “photovoltaic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-O-T-O-V-O-L-T-A-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.