arithmographe

\a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\

/\a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\/ noun

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.

Key facts for arithmographe
PropertyValue
Headwordarithmographe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « arithmographe » en français

arithmographen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Règle à calcul en forme de cercle.
  2. 2
    Machine à calculer entièrement mécanique

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how arithmographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arithmographe"?
"arithmographe" is spelled A-R-I-T-H-M-O-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\.
What does "arithmographe" mean?
As a noun, "arithmographe" means: Règle à calcul en forme de cercle.
How do you pronounce "arithmographe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arithmographe" is \a.ʁi.tmo.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arithmographe" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list