sténographe
\ste.nɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“sténographe” is uncommon French (frequency #92,225 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,225
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui sait et pratique la sténographie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sténographe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ste.nɔ.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sténographe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sténographe is uncommon French at frequency #92,225 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ste.nɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui sait et pratique la sténographie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sténographe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sténographe, spelled S-T-É-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui sait et pratique la sténographie.
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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 “sténographe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-T-É-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.