bakélite
\ba.ke.lit\
The verdict
“bakélite” 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) - Matériau constitué à partir d’une résine de formaldéhyde de phénol thermodurcissable aussi appelée phénoplaste. Ce fut le premier plastique fait de polymères synthétiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bakelite · bakélite · French
bakélite · 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 "B" 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 | bakélite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ke.lit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bakélite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ke.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matériau constitué à partir d’une résine de formaldéhyde de phénol thermodurcissable aussi appelée phénoplaste. Ce fut le premier plastique fait de polymères synthétiques.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for bakélite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bakélite, spelled B-A-K-É-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Matériau constitué à partir d’une résine de formaldéhyde de phénol thermodurcissable aussi appelée phénoplaste. Ce fut le premier plastique fait de polymères synthétiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bakélite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tes petits seins de Bakélite, qui s’agitent.
L’homme appuya sur un petit bouton en Bakélite verte, incrusté sur la droite de l’appareil.
Synonyms
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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.