fotografia

//fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,887

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

fotografia is aPortuguesenoun. It means: técnica pela qual se obtém uma imagem pela exposição de uma placa banhada com material sensível à luz Pronounced /fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/. It ranks #1,887 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with fotógrafo and fotográfico.

Key facts for fotografia
PropertyValue
Headwordfotografia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,887
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of fotografia in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for fotografia is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,887 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for fotografia, with forms such as "ffotografia", "footgrafia", and "fotgorafia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "fotógrafo", "fotográfico", "fotografar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is fotografia, spelled F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    técnica pela qual se obtém uma imagem pela exposição de uma placa banhada com material sensível à luz
  2. 2
    imagem obtida pela técnica da fotografia¹
  3. 3
    técnica do cinema que consiste em escolher a melhor posição para uma cena

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffotografia,footgrafia,fotgorafia,fotogarfia,fotoggrafia,fotografai,fotograffia,fotograifa,fotogrfaia,fotogrrafia,fotorgafia,fottografia,ftoografia,oftografia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for fotografia

Misspelling Variants of "fotografia"

ffotografia11footgrafia10fotgorafia10fotogarfia10fotoggrafia11fotografai10fotograffia11fotograifa10
Misspelling Variants of "fotografia"

Frequency rank: #1,887 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fotografia"?
"fotografia" is spelled F-O-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/.
What does "fotografia" mean?
As a noun, "fotografia" means: técnica pela qual se obtém uma imagem pela exposição de uma placa banhada com material sensível à luz
What words are commonly confused with "fotografia"?
"fotografia" is commonly confused with "fotógrafo", "fotográfico", "fotografar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "fotografia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fotografia" is /fu.tu.ɡɾɐ.ˈfi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fotografia" come from?
"fotografia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.