photo satellite
\fɔ.tɔ sa.te.lit\
The verdict
“photo satellite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prise de vue photographique effectuée depuis un satellite artificiel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photo satellite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.tɔ sa.te.lit\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “photo satellite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
photo satellite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.tɔ sa.te.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for photo satellite in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is photo satellite, spelled P-H-O-T-O- -S-A-T-E-L-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prise de vue photographique effectuée depuis un satellite artificiel.
- 2Document obtenu en appliquant cette technique.
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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Using “photo satellite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-H-O-T-O- -S-A-T-E-L-L-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fɔ.tɔ sa.te.lit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.