phonographe
\fɔ.nɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“phonographe” is uncommon French (frequency #65,406 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,406
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phonographe enregistreur ; appareil qui enregistre les sons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phonographe · phonographe · French
phonographe · rank #65,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,406
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phonologique
Nearest frequency peer: phonologique (+1 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 « phonographe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- perpétuelles
perpétuelles
34,598 corpus weight
- Pest
Pest
34,597 corpus weight
- phonographe
phonographe
34,595 corpus weight
- phonologique
phonologique
34,594 corpus weight
- photomaton
photomaton
34,593 corpus weight
- pickpockets
pickpockets
34,592 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « phonographe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phonographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔ.nɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « phonographe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
phonographe is uncommon French at frequency #65,406 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔ.nɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for phonographe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 phonographe, spelled P-H-O-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Phonographe enregistreur ; appareil qui enregistre les sons.
- 2Appareil qui reproduit les sons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how phonographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pausole donna du pied dans un phonographe resté seul, qui lui bêlait aux oreilles la sérénade de Méphisto.
Tous les hommes […] écoutaient nonchalamment, sans y prêter grande attention, un mauvais phonographe, aux accents métalliques.
Synonyms
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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