alite
\a.lit\
The verdict
“alite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silicate tricalcique de formule (CaO)₃(SiO₂) ou C3S en notation cimentière, principal constituant anhydre du clinker, qui lui confère ses propriétés hydrauliques.
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Index FR-alite · alite · French
alite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | alite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.lit\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Silicate tricalcique de formule (CaO)₃(SiO₂) ou C3S en notation cimentière, principal constituant anhydre du clinker, qui lui confère ses propriétés hydrauliques.".
alite has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is alite, spelled A-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Silicate tricalcique de formule (CaO)₃(SiO₂) ou C3S en notation cimentière, principal constituant anhydre du clinker, qui lui confère ses propriétés hydrauliques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les clinkers qui en contiennent beaucoup et qui sont pauvres en alite prennent rapidement sans plâtre et normalement avec plâtre.
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.