typographe

\ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\

/\ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\/ noun

The verdict

“typographe” is uncommon French (frequency #64,852 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,852
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui connaît, qui exerce l’art de la typographie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-typographe · typographe · French

typographe · rank #64,852 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,852
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tsarine

Nearest frequency peer: tsarine (-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 « typographe »

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 « typographe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for typographe
PropertyValue
Headwordtypographe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,852
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « typographe » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).typographetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tsarine » (#64,851), « uel » (#64,853), « ultramoderne » (#64,854). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « typographe » est au #64,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

typographe is uncommon French at frequency #64,852 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui ou celle qui connaît, qui exerce l’art de la typographie.".

Zero misspellings are on record for typographe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is typographe, spelled T-Y-P-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui ou celle qui connaît, qui exerce l’art de la typographie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. il s’agissait d’une typographe qui vint se plaindre à lui d’une douleur dans le côté qui, lorsqu’elle en souffrait, lui semblait devoir la faire mourir.
  2. À sa propagande de quartier, il alliait une action incessante dans les ateliers du boulevard Masséna. Il avait puissamment resserré les liens moraux qui unissaient à la C. G. T. les typographes, les minervistes et les relieurs de Delaborde.

Synonyms

ouvrier du livre

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); 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 "typographe"?
"typographe" is spelled T-Y-P-O-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\.
What does "typographe" mean?
As a noun, "typographe" means: Celui ou celle qui connaît, qui exerce l’art de la typographie.
How do you pronounce "typographe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "typographe" is \ti.pɔ.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list