topinambours
\tɔ.pi.nɑ̃.buʁ\
The verdict
“topinambours” is uncommon French (frequency #96,452 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,452
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de topinambour.
Corpus desk
Index FR-topinambours · topinambours · French
topinambours · rank #96,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,452
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH Toine
Nearest frequency peer: Toine (-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 « topinambours »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Toblerone
Toblerone
3,551 corpus weight
- Toine
Toine
3,550 corpus weight
- topinambours
topinambours
3,549 corpus weight
- touc
touc
3,548 corpus weight
- touron
touron
3,546 corpus weight
- toussé
toussé
3,545 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « topinambours » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | topinambours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.pi.nɑ̃.buʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #96,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « topinambours » en français
Rare enough to double-check
topinambours is uncommon French at frequency #96,452 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.pi.nɑ̃.buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de topinambour.".
Zero misspellings are on record for topinambours in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is topinambours, spelled T-O-P-I-N-A-M-B-O-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de topinambour.
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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