dactylographe
\dak.ti.lɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“dactylographe” 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) - Celui, celle qui écrit à l’aide d’une machine à écrire.
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Index FR-dactylographe · dactylographe · French
dactylographe · 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 "D" 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 | dactylographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dak.ti.lɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dactylographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dak.ti.lɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui, celle qui écrit à l’aide d’une machine à écrire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dactylographe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dactylographe, spelled D-A-C-T-Y-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui écrit à l’aide d’une machine à écrire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dactylographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour me faire pardonner ma brutalité, je me mis à lui parler des belles dactylographes de la maison, sujet qui lui tenait au cœur, et sur lequel il ne tarissait pas en détails pittoresques.
C'est une sorte de psychisme, tout comme l'agora-phobie ou la crampe des écrivains, devenue après l'emploi de la machine à écrire, la crampe des dactylographes.
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.