How do you spell photography?

P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y

Photography is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y, which is photograph with a y added. The common error is swapping the p and h near the end. When people search for stock photography they are looking for the same thing this site calls stock pictures.

Spelling tip

Same base as photograph plus a y; the stress moves to the second o but the letters do not change.

What it means

Photography is the practice and art of making photographs; in stock terms it names the whole category of camera-style stock pictures.

Common misspellings

• fotography → photography
• photograhpy → photography
• photografy → photography
• photogaphy → photography
• photographie → photography