topographe

\tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\

/\tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\/ noun

The verdict

“topographe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui décrit les lieux, qui fait de la topographie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-topographe · topographe · French

topographe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for topographe
PropertyValue
Headwordtopographe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “topographe” sits in French frequency

topographe falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

topographe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui décrit les lieux, qui fait de la topographie.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for topographe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is topographe, spelled T-O-P-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui décrit les lieux, qui fait de la topographie.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "topographe"?
"topographe" is spelled T-O-P-O-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\.
What does "topographe" mean?
As a noun, "topographe" means: Personne qui décrit les lieux, qui fait de la topographie.
How do you pronounce "topographe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "topographe" is \tɔ.po.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "topographe" come from?
"topographe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list