goniographe
\ɡɔ.njɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“goniographe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil utilisé autrefois par les géomètres avant l’apparition du théodolite, il est constitué d'une planchette rectangulaire sur laquelle est fixé un instrument de visée (lunette ou simple alidade).
Corpus desk
Index FR-goniographe · goniographe · French
goniographe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | goniographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɔ.njɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « goniographe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
goniographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɔ.njɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil utilisé autrefois par les géomètres avant l’apparition du théodolite, il est constitué d'une planchette rectangulaire sur laquelle est fixé un instrument de visée (lunette ou simple alidade).".
Zero misspellings are on record for goniographe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is goniographe, spelled G-O-N-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil utilisé autrefois par les géomètres avant l’apparition du théodolite, il est constitué d'une planchette rectangulaire sur laquelle est fixé un instrument de visée (lunette ou simple alidade).
Synonyms
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.