torpedo
The verdict
“torpedo” is uncommon French (frequency #89,255 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,255
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Torpiller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-torpedo · torpedo · French
torpedo · rank #89,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,255
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tonnellerie
Nearest frequency peer: tonnellerie (-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 « torpedo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- tipis
tipis
10,750 corpus weight
- toga
toga
10,749 corpus weight
- tonnellerie
tonnellerie
10,747 corpus weight
- torpedo
torpedo
10,746 corpus weight
- totémique
totémique
10,744 corpus weight
- transferer
transferer
10,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « torpedo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torpedo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « torpedo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
torpedo is uncommon French at frequency #89,255 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Torpiller.".
No misspelling variants are generated for torpedo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is torpedo, spelled T-O-R-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Torpiller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how torpedo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If an academic scientist put something like this out there, it would get torpedoed into a billion pieces.
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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