asbeste
\as.bɛst\
The verdict
“asbeste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance minérale composée de filaments moins flexibles que ceux de l’amiante, et qui, comme ce minerai naturel, s’altère très difficilement au feu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asbeste · asbeste · French
asbeste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | asbeste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.bɛst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « asbeste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
asbeste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.bɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance minérale composée de filaments moins flexibles que ceux de l’amiante, et qui, comme ce minerai naturel, s’altère très difficilement au feu.".
No misspelling variants are generated for asbeste in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is asbeste, spelled A-S-B-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Substance minérale composée de filaments moins flexibles que ceux de l’amiante, et qui, comme ce minerai naturel, s’altère très difficilement au feu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asbeste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les besoins de la carrière d’asbeste, une piste avait été construite à la grande époque, à travers les monts Saïan, au niveau d’Ak-Dovourak.
On obtient une bonne « clouabilité » par l’addition d’asbeste, de poudre de pierre ponce, de résidus de la combustion de charbon et de coke, de débris épars de mortier de chaux […].
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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.