topless

/\tɔp.lɛs\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,493

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

topless is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui a les seins nus. Pronounced \tɔp.lɛs\. Often confused with tôles and toiles.

Key facts for topless
PropertyValue
Headwordtopless
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\tɔp.lɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,493
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of topless in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for topless is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tɔp.lɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,493 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui a les seins nus.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for topless, with forms such as "otpless", "tolpess", and "topelss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tôles", "toiles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is topless, spelled T-O-P-L-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a les seins nus.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otpless,tolpess,topelss,toples,toplless,toplses,toppless,tpoless,ttopless

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for topless

Misspelling Variants of "topless"

otpless7tolpess7topelss7toples6toplless8toplses7toppless8tpoless7
Misspelling Variants of "topless"

Frequency rank: #46,493 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "topless"?
"topless" is spelled T-O-P-L-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔp.lɛs\.
What does "topless" mean?
As an adj, "topless" means: Qui a les seins nus.
What words are commonly confused with "topless"?
"topless" is commonly confused with "tôles", "toiles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "topless"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "topless" is \tɔp.lɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "topless" come from?
"topless" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.