polygraphe

\pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\

/\pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\/ noun

The verdict

“polygraphe” is uncommon French (frequency #64,699 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,699
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auteur qui écrit sur plusieurs matières.

Corpus desk

Index FR-polygraphe · polygraphe · French

polygraphe · rank #64,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,699
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH poll

Nearest frequency peer: poll (-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 « polygraphe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « polygraphe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for polygraphe
PropertyValue
Headwordpolygraphe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,699
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « polygraphe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).polygraphetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « poll » (#64,698), « polymérisation » (#64,700), « Politik » (#64,697). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « polygraphe » est au #64,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

polygraphe is uncommon French at frequency #64,699 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for polygraphe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is polygraphe, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-R-A-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Auteur qui écrit sur plusieurs matières.
  2. 2
    Qui traite de plusieurs sujets sans les maîtriser, en parlant de journalistes.
  3. 3
    Personne qui, avec l’aide d’un ordinateur, compose, organise du texte et des images avant son impression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how polygraphe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les polygraphes forment une classe particulière dans les catalogues des bibliothèques.
  2. C’est punir en crime un petit délit et faire subir à Stendhal romancier la peine encourue par Stendhal polygraphe.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "polygraphe"?
"polygraphe" is spelled P-O-L-Y-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\.
What does "polygraphe" mean?
As a noun, "polygraphe" means: Auteur qui écrit sur plusieurs matières.
How do you pronounce "polygraphe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polygraphe" is \pɔ.li.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "polygraphe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list