Which to use
“photographe” and “photographies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,266
- “photographe” frequency rank
- #7,214
- “photographies” frequency rank
- 11480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | photographe | photographies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui prend des photographies. | Pluriel de photographie. |
Where the eye mixes photographe and photographies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. photographe runs 11 letters (CCVCVCCVCCV) against photographies's 13 (CCVCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses photographe with photographies
A purely visual mix-up. photographe (\fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁaf\) and photographies (\fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
photographe is recorded at frequency rank #4,266, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁaf\. photographies is at rank #7,214, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.tɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 11480, this pair ranks #408,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of photographe vs photographies
Shared letters: aeghoprt. Private to "photographe": -. Private to "photographies": is.
"photographe" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCV · "photographies" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- photographe ← hpotographe · phhotographe · phootgraphe · photgoraphe · photogarphe · photoggraphe · photograhpe · photograpeh
- photographies ← hpotographies · phhotographies · phootgraphies · photgoraphies · photogarphies · photoggraphies · photograhpies · photographeis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "photographe" and "photographies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "photographe" or "photographies" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "photographe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "photographies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "photographe" and "photographies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "photographe vs photography". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #408,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.