sténographe
\ste.nɔ.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“sténographe” is uncommon French (frequency #92,225 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,225
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui sait et pratique la sténographie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stenographe · sténographe · French
sténographe · rank #92,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,225
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stéatite
Nearest frequency peer: stéatite (-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 « sténographe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stomatologie
stomatologie
7,780 corpus weight
- stronger
stronger
7,779 corpus weight
- stéatite
stéatite
7,777 corpus weight
- sténographe
sténographe
7,776 corpus weight
- sucez
sucez
7,775 corpus weight
- suffragant
suffragant
7,773 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sténographe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « sténographe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sténographe is uncommon French at frequency #92,225 among 6,032 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sténographe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La sténographie, ne représentant que les sons et le silence qui les sépare, n’admet ni orthographe ni ponctuation dans son écriture; mais le sténographe rétablit l’une et l’autre dans ses transcriptions.
Léon alla parler à l’un des huissiers qui vont et viennent constamment de cette salle dans celle des séances, à laquelle elle communique par le couloir où se tiennent les sténographes du Moniteur et quelques personnes attachées à la Chambre.
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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