topaz
\ˈtoʊ.pæz\
The verdict
“topaz” is uncommon French (frequency #95,407 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,407
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Topaze.
Corpus desk
Index FR-topaz · topaz · French
topaz · rank #95,407 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,407
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tost
Nearest frequency peer: tost (+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 « topaz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tisseur
tisseur
4,598 corpus weight
- TMTC
TMTC
4,597 corpus weight
- tolérables
tolérables
4,596 corpus weight
- topaz
topaz
4,594 corpus weight
- tost
tost
4,593 corpus weight
- tourbeux
tourbeux
4,591 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « topaz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | topaz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈtoʊ.pæz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « topaz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
topaz is uncommon French at frequency #95,407 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈtoʊ.pæz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Topaze.".
topaz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is topaz, spelled T-O-P-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Topaze.
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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