stratigraphie

\stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\

/\stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“stratigraphie” is uncommon French (frequency #60,396 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,396
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étude de la succession des dépôts sédimentaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stratigraphie · stratigraphie · French

stratigraphie · rank #60,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,396
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH strasbourgeoi…

Nearest frequency peer: strasbourgeoise (-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 « stratigraphie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stratigraphie
PropertyValue
Headwordstratigraphie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters13
Frequency rank#60,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stratigraphie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).stratigraphietombe 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: « strasbourgeoise » (#60,395), « strident » (#60,397), « strips » (#60,398). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stratigraphie » est au #60,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stratigraphie is uncommon French at frequency #60,396 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

stratigraphie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 stratigraphie, spelled S-T-R-A-T-I-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étude de la succession des dépôts sédimentaires.
  2. 2
    Étude des couches de terrain et de leur contenu afin d'établir des séquences chronologiques.
  3. 3
    Autre nom pour la tomographie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On s’efforce, au cours des fouilles, de dégager chaque niveau, dans l’ordre inverse de sa formation, en suivant la stratigraphie naturelle, ce qui correspond rarement à l’établissement de tranches régulièrement horizontales.
  2. Cette œuvre réunit à elle seule le champ des possibles de la photographie, ainsi que les sujets essentiels à l’archéologie : chronologie, superposition des faits humains et stratigraphie des sols, occupation de l’espace et traces laissées dans le paysage.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stratigraphie"?
"stratigraphie" is spelled S-T-R-A-T-I-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "stratigraphie" mean?
As a noun, "stratigraphie" means: Étude de la succession des dépôts sédimentaires.
How do you pronounce "stratigraphie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stratigraphie" is \stʁa.ti.ɡʁa.fi\. 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 "stratigraphie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list