alumine
\a.ly.min\
The verdict
“alumine” is uncommon French (frequency #51,870 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,870
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oxyde d’aluminium (Al₂O₃), c'est le composant du corindon, on en trouve aussi dans la bauxite. Il s'agit de cristaux extrêmement durs que l'on utilise comme abrasif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alumine · alumine · French
alumine · rank #51,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,870
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alor
Nearest frequency peer: alor (-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 « alumine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- aloe
aloe
48,133 corpus weight
- alor
alor
48,132 corpus weight
- alumine
alumine
48,131 corpus weight
- amoindri
amoindri
48,130 corpus weight
- amputés
amputés
48,129 corpus weight
- amygdales
amygdales
48,128 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alumine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alumine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ly.min\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alumine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alumine is uncommon French at frequency #51,870 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ly.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
alumine has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is alumine, spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Oxyde d’aluminium (Al₂O₃), c'est le composant du corindon, on en trouve aussi dans la bauxite. Il s'agit de cristaux extrêmement durs que l'on utilise comme abrasif.
- 2L’aluminium lui-même.
- 3Fine couche d'oxydation qui recouvre et protège naturellement les pièces en aluminium, comme les ustensiles de cuisine par exemple, contre la corrosion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alumine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; par la cuisson il se forme un silicate de plomb et d’alumine, espèce de verre fusible qui recouvre toute la surface.
On a employé aussi comme bain oxydant des phosphates de potasse, de soude, de chaux ou d’alumine en proportion variable ….
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.
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