aurifère

\ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\

/\ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“aurifère” is uncommon French (frequency #56,431 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,431
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui porte ou qui contient de l’or.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aurifere · aurifère · French

aurifère · rank #56,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,431
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH attendrissant

Nearest frequency peer: attendrissant (-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 « aurifère »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aurifère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aurifère
PropertyValue
Headwordaurifère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aurifère » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aurifèretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « attendrissant » (#56,430), « atone » (#56,429), « avouerai » (#56,433). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aurifère » est au #56,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aurifère is uncommon French at frequency #56,431 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui porte ou qui contient de l’or.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aurifère, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aurifère, spelled A-U-R-I-F-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui porte ou qui contient de l’or.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aurifère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le sol est composé presque exclusivement de granit, et les ruines sont bâties en granit; c'est dans cette roche ou près de son contact avec d'autres que se trouvent les filons aurifères anciennement exploités dans la région de Zimbabwé.
  2. Une prospectrice sous-marine, Miss Patricia Giddy […] travaillait sur les rocs aurifères du Pays de Galles, et l’idée la frappa que ces bancs de roches pouvaient bien reparaître plus loin sous les flots. […]. Grâce à l’heureuse combinaison du raisonnement et de l’intuition particulière à son sexe, elle trouva de l’or à sa première descente, […].

Synonyms

aurifique

This word in other languages

auriferous(English)aurífero(Español)goldhaltig(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aurifère"?
"aurifère" is spelled A-U-R-I-F-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\.
What does "aurifère" mean?
As an adjective, "aurifère" means: Qui porte ou qui contient de l’or.
How do you pronounce "aurifère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aurifère" is \ɔ.ʁi.fɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aurifère" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aurifère", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

avouerai#56,433astreint#56,426assyrien#56,425assembly#56,424

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list