appareil photo
\a.pa.ʁɛj fɔ.to\
The verdict
“appareil photo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument permettant de prendre des photographies grâce à l’impression de la lumière sur une pellicule à base de nitrate d’argent ou par numérisation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appareil photo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pa.ʁɛj fɔ.to\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appareil photo” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
appareil photo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pa.ʁɛj fɔ.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument permettant de prendre des photographies grâce à l’impression de la lumière sur une pellicule à base de nitrate d’argent ou par numérisation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for appareil photo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is appareil photo, spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-I-L- -P-H-O-T-O.
Definition
- 1Instrument permettant de prendre des photographies grâce à l’impression de la lumière sur une pellicule à base de nitrate d’argent ou par numérisation.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-A-R-E-I-L- -P-H-O-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pa.ʁɛj fɔ.to\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.