ammonite
\a.mɔ.nit\
The verdict
“ammonite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de céphalopode fossile dont la coquille ressemble à une corne de bélier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ammonite · ammonite · French
ammonite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ammonite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔ.nit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ammonite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ammonite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mɔ.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ammonite in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ammonite, spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de céphalopode fossile dont la coquille ressemble à une corne de bélier.
- 2Fossile de la coquille d’une ammonite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ammonite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A sept mille pieds de hauteur, […] l’on trouve, dans les débris d’une montagne écroulée à l’endroit nommé Kriegsmatten, de belles pétrifications d’ammonites.
Mis à part les nautiles, les céphalopodes actuels sont dépourvus de coquille externe. Les céphalopodes porteurs d’une coquille ont été autrefois beaucoup plus diversifiés, comme en témoignent les nombreux fossiles de céphalopodes comme les ammonites et les bélemnites.
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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.