gramophone
\ɡʁa.mɔ.fɔn\
The verdict
“gramophone” is uncommon French (frequency #77,569 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,569
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phonographe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gramophone · gramophone · French
gramophone · rank #77,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,569
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH grenouillère
Nearest frequency peer: grenouillère (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « gramophone »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Gombe
Gombe
22,439 corpus weight
- Gonçalves
Gonçalves
22,438 corpus weight
- goodwill
goodwill
22,437 corpus weight
- gramophone
gramophone
22,432 corpus weight
- grenouillère
grenouillère
22,430 corpus weight
- grimacer
grimacer
22,429 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gramophone » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gramophone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.mɔ.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gramophone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gramophone is uncommon French at frequency #77,569 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁa.mɔ.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phonographe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gramophone, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gramophone, spelled G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Phonographe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gramophone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je leur fis voir des photographies de ma croisière, mes trophées de tennis et jouai en leur honneur sur le gramophone quelques disques de Granados.
Le palais des papes est à nous! Les petits hommes turbulents du XXᵉ siècle font, en ces jours d'exposition, nasiller leurs gramophones sous la majesté de ces murailles,...
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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