aragonite
\a.ʁa.ɡɔ.nit\
The verdict
“aragonite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale métastable de la famille des carbonates, de formule CaCO₃, et qui cristallise dans le système orthorhombique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aragonite · aragonite · French
aragonite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | aragonite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁa.ɡɔ.nit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aragonite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aragonite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁa.ɡɔ.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale métastable de la famille des carbonates, de formule CaCO₃, et qui cristallise dans le système orthorhombique.".
aragonite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists 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 aragonite, spelled A-R-A-G-O-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale métastable de la famille des carbonates, de formule CaCO₃, et qui cristallise dans le système orthorhombique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aragonite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’après Sorby beaucoup de coquilles de lamellibranches seraient formées uniquement d’aragonite.
On étudiera successivement les divers types de néoformation découverts en grotte, en commençant par la transformation classique de l’aragonite en calcite, déjà observée de nombreuses fois dans d’autres conditions.
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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.