Which to use
“photographie” and “photographies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,516
- “photographie” frequency rank
- #7,214
- “photographies” frequency rank
- 11730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | photographie | photographies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Processus de fabrication d’images sur une surface sensible. | Pluriel de photographie. |
Where the eye mixes photographie and photographies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. photographie runs 12 letters (CCVCVCCVCCVV) against photographies's 13 (CCVCVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: photographie vs photographies
A purely visual mix-up. photographie (\fɔ.to.ɡʁa.fi\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “photographie” sits inside “photographies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
photographie is recorded at frequency rank #4,516, classified as anoun, pronounced \fɔ.to.ɡʁa.fi\. 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 11730, this pair ranks #408,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of photographie vs photographies
Shared letters: aeghioprt. Private to "photographie": -. Private to "photographies": s.
"photographie" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCVV · "photographies" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- photographie ← hpotographie · phhotographie · phootgraphie · photgoraphie · photogarphie · photoggraphie · photograhpie · photographei
- photographies ← hpotographies · phhotographies · phootgraphies · photgoraphies · photogarphies · photoggraphies · photograhpies · photographeis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "photographie" for "photographies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "photographie" vs "photographies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "photographie" and "photographies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "photographie" 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 #408,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "photographie" and "photographies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "photographie 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 #408,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.