Topografie
[topoɡʁaˈfiː]
The verdict
“Topografie” is uncommon German (frequency #59,245 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,245
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teilgebiet der Kartografie, Teilgebiet der Landesvermessung, Beschreibung und Darstellung der Erdoberfläche mit ihren natürlichen und künstlichen Objekten
Corpus desk
Index DE-topografie · Topografie · German
Topografie · rank #59,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,245
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH topper
Nearest frequency peer: topper (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Topografie“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Toastbrot
Toastbrot
40,759 corpus weight
- toleranter
toleranter
40,758 corpus weight
- Topografie
Topografie
40,756 corpus weight
- topper
topper
40,755 corpus weight
- Torschüsse
Torschüsse
40,754 corpus weight
- Touristin
Touristin
40,753 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Topografie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Topografie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [topoɡʁaˈfiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Topografie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Topografie is uncommon German at frequency #59,245 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [topoɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Topografie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Topografie, spelled T-O-P-O-G-R-A-F-I-E.
Definition
- 1Teilgebiet der Kartografie, Teilgebiet der Landesvermessung, Beschreibung und Darstellung der Erdoberfläche mit ihren natürlichen und künstlichen Objekten
- 2oft als Synonym für die natürliche Oberfläche der Erde, aber auch für eine Darstellung der Höhenstruktur mit Gewässern
- 3Lehre von den räumlichen Beziehungen der Organe
- 4bei Elementen mit elektronischer Funktion wird die Oberfläche des Elements (zum Beispiel eines Chips) beschrieben
- 5Struktur mikroskopisch feiner Oberflächen
- 6Zustandsbeschreibung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Topografie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute benutzt man in der Topografie GPS und Satellitenbilder.
„Handelt es sich um eine Beschreibung der lokalen Topografie?“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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