arithmographe
\a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“arithmographe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Règle à calcul en forme de cercle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-arithmographe · arithmographe · French
arithmographe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arithmographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
arithmographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arithmographe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is arithmographe, spelled A-R-I-T-H-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Règle à calcul en forme de cercle.
- 2Machine à calculer entièrement mécanique
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arithmographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’utilisation des graduations logarithmiques donna aussi naissance à des cercles de calcul, tels que l’arithmographe Gattey (1798) ou le cercle à calcul Blitz.
Parmi les arithmographes mécaniques, le Clabor (1906) et le Trick (1913) permettent la prise en compte mécanique des retenues. En plus des additions et des soustractions, l’arithmographe de Léon Bollée (1889) est doté d’un ensemble de réglettes métalliques permettant de faire les multiplications et les divisions.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.