topos
/ˈtoʊpɒs/noun
topos is spelled T-O-P-O-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, topos means “A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of topos is topoi or toposes.
How many letters and syllables are in topos?
| Letters | 5: T-O-P-O-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 87,317th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is topos?
Topos appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 87,317th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce topos?
- /ˈtoʊpɒs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with topos?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as topos.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stoop.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of topos
- topoi plural
- toposes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does topos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
- 2
A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
- 3
slangA toilet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Topos in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does topos come from?
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).