photograph

\ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\

/\ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\/ noun

The verdict

“photograph” is uncommon French (frequency #86,017 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,017
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Photographie, photo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-photograph · photograph · French

photograph · rank #86,017 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,017
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH phosphorique

Nearest frequency peer: phosphorique (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « photograph »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « photograph » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for photograph
PropertyValue
Headwordphotograph
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,017
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « photograph » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).photographtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « phosphorique » (#86,016), « picpus » (#86,019), « philippiens » (#86,014). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « photograph » est au #86,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

photograph is uncommon French at frequency #86,017 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Photographie, photo.".

No misspelling variants are generated for photograph in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is photograph, spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Photographie, photo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Will you please take a photograph of me?
  2. Seventy-five women are arrested. The following day a photograph appears on the front page of the Daily Mirror of a young woman, flanked by a pair of police officers. Her skirts and shawl in disarray, her hair wild. She appears to be shouting. Her name is Dora Thewlis, a weaver in a Huddersfield mill. She is just sixteen years old.

Synonyms

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 "photograph"?
"photograph" is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\.
What does "photograph" mean?
As a noun, "photograph" means: Photographie, photo.
How do you pronounce "photograph"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "photograph" is \ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "photograph" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list