fotografía
[fot̪oɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
The verdict
“fotografía” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,250 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,250
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de técnicas para la representación y reproducción de imágenes captadas mediante una cámara fotográfica. Puede realizarse mediante un proceso químico (fotografía analógica) o por medios dig...
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 | fotografía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fot̪oɣ̞ɾaˈfia] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fotografía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for fotografía is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fot̪oɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,250 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for fotografía, with forms such as "ffotografía", "footgrafía", and "fotgorafía". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "fotógrafo", "fotograma", "fotógrafos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is fotografía, spelled F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de técnicas para la representación y reproducción de imágenes captadas mediante una cámara fotográfica. Puede realizarse mediante un proceso químico (fotografía analógica) o por medios digitales (fotografía digital). :*Relacionados: cinematografía, fotógrafo.
- 2Imagen digital o analógica obtenida por medio de estas técnicas ₁.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffotografía,footgrafía,fotgorafía,fotogarfía,fotoggrafía,fotografaí,fotograffía,fotograífa,fotogrfaía,fotogrrafía,fotorgafía,fottografía,ftoografía,oftografía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fotografía - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fotografía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fot̪oɣ̞ɾaˈfia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “fotógrafo” - see the side-by-side comparison. fotografía vs fotógrafo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.