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topple

top·ple/ˈtɑpl̩/verb, noun

topple is spelled T-O-P-P-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (top·ple). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, topple means “To push or throw over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in topple?

Letters6: T-O-P-P-L-E
Syllables2: top·ple
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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 topple?

Topple appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 topple?

  • US /ˈtɑpl̩/
  • UK /ˈtɒpl̩/

Topple has 2 syllables, split top·ple in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-topple.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with topple?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as topple from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpl/):

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 topple

  • topples present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • toppling participle, present
  • toppled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does topple mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To push or throw over.

    The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.

  2. 2

    To overturn.

  3. 3

    To overthrow something.

    to topple one's rival

  4. 4

    To totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so.

    The pile of pennies began to topple.

noun

  1. 1

    informalA fall (an instance of falling over).

  2. 2

    A cascade of dominoes falling, such that each fall causes the next domino to topple.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Topple in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchrenverser, déboulonner (to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow…), tomber, chuter (to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to…)
Germanstürzen, umkippen (to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow…), umfallen, wackeln (to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to…)
Portuguesederrubar (to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow…)
Spanishderribar (to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow…), tumbarse (to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to…)

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 topple come from?

From top + -le (frequentative verb suffix).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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