troposphère
\tʁɔ.pɔs.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“troposphère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de l’atmosphère terrestre située entre la surface du globe et une altitude d’environ 8 à 15 kilomètres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-troposphere · troposphère · French
troposphère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | troposphère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɔ.pɔs.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “troposphère” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
troposphère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ.pɔs.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de l’atmosphère terrestre située entre la surface du globe et une altitude d’environ 8 à 15 kilomètres.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for troposphère in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 troposphère, spelled T-R-O-P-O-S-P-H-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de l’atmosphère terrestre située entre la surface du globe et une altitude d’environ 8 à 15 kilomètres.
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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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