oscillographe
\ɔ.si.lo.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“oscillographe” 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) - Appareil permettant l’étude graphique des courants alternatifs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oscillographe · oscillographe · French
oscillographe · 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 "O" 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 | oscillographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.si.lo.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oscillographe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oscillographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.si.lo.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
oscillographe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is oscillographe, spelled O-S-C-I-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Appareil permettant l’étude graphique des courants alternatifs.
- 2Appareil permettant de mesurer le roulis et l’action de la houle sur un navire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oscillographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un autre exemple bien connu des moyens nouveaux que la connaissance des électrons a apporté à l’électrotechnique est fourni par l’oscillographe cathodique (tube de Braun) qui permet de suivre sans aucune inertie toutes les variations d’une tension électrique et d’en tracer le diagramme.
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.