photogénique

\fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\

/\fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\/ adj

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The verdict

“photogénique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,853
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se rapporte aux effets chimiques de la lumière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-photogenique · photogénique · French

photogénique · rank #49,853 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,853
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pharmacopée

Nearest frequency peer: pharmacopée (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « photogénique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « photogénique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for photogénique
PropertyValue
Headwordphotogénique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\
Letters12
Frequency rank#49,853
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « photogénique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).photogéniquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pharmacopée » (#49,852), « Petitjean » (#49,851), « pieuses » (#49,855). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « photogénique » est au #49,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around photogénique (IPA \fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,853 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for photogénique, with forms such as "hpotogénique", "phhotogénique", and "phootgénique". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is photogénique, spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-É-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se rapporte aux effets chimiques de la lumière.
  2. 2
    Qui vient bien, d’une façon heureuse, en photographie ; qui donne, en photographie, des images nettes et esthétiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how photogénique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De quelle fournaise s’échappe cette source photogénique, qui semble embraser les roches, en même temps qu’elle les baigne d’une lividité étrange ?
  2. — Elle débute ? — Oui…au studio de Castan. Paraît qu’elle est tout ce qu’il y a de photogénique… Ils disent tous qu’elle va réussir.

This word in other languages

photogenic(English)fotogénico(Español)fotogen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hpotogénique
  • phhotogénique
  • phootgénique
  • photgoénique
  • photogenique
  • photoggénique
  • photognéique
  • photogéinque
  • photogéniqeu
  • photogéniqque
  • photogéniuqe
  • photogénnique
  • photogénqiue
  • photoégnique
  • phottogénique
  • phtoogénique
  • pohtogénique
  • pphotogénique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of photogénique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hpotogénique2phhotogénique1phootgénique2photgoénique2photogenique1photoggénique1photognéique2photogéinque2
Edit distance from "photogénique"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "photogénique"?
"photogénique" is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-É-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\.
What does "photogénique" mean?
As an adjective, "photogénique" means: Qui se rapporte aux effets chimiques de la lumière.
What are common misspellings of "photogénique"?
Common misspellings include "hpotogénique", "phhotogénique", "phootgénique", "photgoénique", "photogenique". The correct spelling is "photogénique".
How do you pronounce "photogénique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "photogénique" is \fɔ.tɔ.ʒe.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "photogénique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "photogénique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list