talweg
\tal.vɛɡ\
The verdict
“talweg” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ligne de plus grande pente, suivant le fond d’une vallée, d’un vallon, d’un ravin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-talweg · talweg · French
talweg · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talweg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tal.vɛɡ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
talweg is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tal.vɛɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for talweg, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is talweg, spelled T-A-L-W-E-G.
Definition
- 1Ligne de plus grande pente, suivant le fond d’une vallée, d’un vallon, d’un ravin.
- 2Par analogie entre isobares et courbes de niveau, il désigne un creux barométrique.
- 3Du ressort de la paresse intellectuelle ou des solutions de facilité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how talweg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans ces régions de massifs anciens, à faible manteau détritique, les nappes phréatiques sont généralement peu importantes et limitées au seul talweg.
Les colluviosols peuvent être observés […] dans les fonds des vallons secs (notamment dans les têtes de talwegs en milieu limoneux) et dans les dolines […].
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.