logarithme
\lɔ.ɡa.ʁitm\
The verdict
“logarithme” is uncommon French (frequency #52,798 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,798
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre pris dans une progression arithmétique et correspondant à un autre nombre pris dans une progression géométrique. Symbole : log.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | logarithme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.ɡa.ʁitm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “logarithme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
logarithme is uncommon French at frequency #52,798 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.ɡa.ʁitm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for logarithme, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is logarithme, spelled L-O-G-A-R-I-T-H-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre pris dans une progression arithmétique et correspondant à un autre nombre pris dans une progression géométrique. Symbole : log.
- 2Fonction qui permet une telle correspondance.
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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Using “logarithme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-O-G-A-R-I-T-H-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɔ.ɡa.ʁitm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.