tropique

\tʁɔ.pik\

/\tʁɔ.pik\/ noun

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The verdict

“tropique” is uncommon French (frequency #57,659 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,659
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacun des deux parallèles de la sphère terrestre qui dans l'hémisphère boréal ou austral séparent la zone torride de la zone tempérée. Le soleil y atteint le zénith une fois par an, lors des solst...

Corpus desk

Index FR-tropique · tropique · French

tropique · rank #57,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,659
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH trigonométrie

Nearest frequency peer: trigonométrie (-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 « tropique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tropique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tropique
PropertyValue
Headwordtropique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁɔ.pik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tropique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).tropiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « trigonométrie » (#57,658), « trendy » (#57,657), « trying » (#57,661). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tropique » est au #57,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tropique is uncommon French at frequency #57,659 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ.pik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

tropique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tropique, spelled T-R-O-P-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacun des deux parallèles de la sphère terrestre qui dans l'hémisphère boréal ou austral séparent la zone torride de la zone tempérée. Le soleil y atteint le zénith une fois par an, lors des solstices et aux latitudes de ±23° 26′.
  2. 2
    Chacun des deux parallèles de la sphère céleste qui passent par les points solsticiaux, c'est-à-dire à la verticale d’un tropique sur la Terre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tropique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le soleil des tropiques avait embelli sa blanche figure d’une teinte brune, d’un coloris merveilleux qui lui donnaient une expression de poésie ; […].

This word in other languages

tropic(English)trópico(Español)Wendekreis(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tropique"?
"tropique" is spelled T-R-O-P-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁɔ.pik\.
What does "tropique" mean?
As a noun, "tropique" means: Chacun des deux parallèles de la sphère terrestre qui dans l'hémisphère boréal ou austral séparent la zone torride de la zone tempérée. Le soleil y atteint le zénith une fois par an, lors des solst...
How do you pronounce "tropique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tropique" is \tʁɔ.pik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tropique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tropique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tréteaux#57,662tomberez#57,649Valtteri#57,675Thalassa#57,641

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list