rooftop

\ʁuf.tɔp\

/\ʁuf.tɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“rooftop” is uncommon French (frequency #81,520 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,520
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toit-terrasse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rooftop · rooftop · French

rooftop · rank #81,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,520
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rodés

Nearest frequency peer: Rodés (-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 « rooftop »

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 « rooftop » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rooftop
PropertyValue
Headwordrooftop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁuf.tɔp\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,520
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rooftop » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rooftoptombe 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: « Rodés » (#81,518), « russophone » (#81,522), « Rwandaises » (#81,524). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rooftop » est au #81,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rooftop is uncommon French at frequency #81,520 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁuf.tɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toit-terrasse.".

Zero misspellings are on record for rooftop in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 rooftop, spelled R-O-O-F-T-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toit-terrasse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À travers ces portraits, l’auteure offre une vision différentes de la Big Apple avec des témoignages sur cette ville aux mille lumières et qui ne cesse d'évoluer, entre ses rooftops, ses restaurants, ses quartiers qui se diversifient.
  2. Et pour ceux qui auraient besoin de faire une pause, ou qui auraient subitement le vertige, un rooftop bar vous proposera vin chaud, chocolat chaud, crêpes salées et sucrées.

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 "rooftop"?
"rooftop" is spelled R-O-O-F-T-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁuf.tɔp\.
What does "rooftop" mean?
As a noun, "rooftop" means: Toit-terrasse.
How do you pronounce "rooftop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rooftop" is \ʁuf.tɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rooftop" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list