topos
\tɔ.pos\
The verdict
“topos” is uncommon French (frequency #53,664 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,664
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cliché, lieu commun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-topos · topos · French
topos · rank #53,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,664
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 164,488
- PHOTO-FINISH tomi
Nearest frequency peer: tomi (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “topos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thrillers
thrillers
46,340 corpus weight
- tombales
tombales
46,339 corpus weight
- tomi
tomi
46,338 corpus weight
- topos
topos
46,337 corpus weight
- tradi
tradi
46,336 corpus weight
- transfusions
transfusions
46,335 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “topos” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | topos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɔ.pos\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “topos” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
topos is uncommon French at frequency #53,664 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɔ.pos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for topos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is topos, spelled T-O-P-O-S.
Definition
- 1Cliché, lieu commun.
- 2Objet mathématique possédant certaines propriétés d’un espace topologique. Terme introduit par Alexander Grothendieck.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.