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How do you spell photography?

Photography is spelled P-H-O-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y, which is photograph plus a final y. Keep both ph pairs. Stock photography and stock photos describe the same field from two angles, the craft and the files it produces.

Letter by letter

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

Spelling note

Take photograph and add a y; the ending is -graphy, never -grafy or -graphie.

What it means for stock photos

Photography is the craft of making photographs. Stock photography is the branch that produces pictures in advance for licensing rather than on commission.

Common misspellings

  • photografy → photography
  • fotography → photography
  • photgraphy → photography
  • photographie → photography
  • phtography → photography

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