barite
\ba.ʁit\
The verdict
“barite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale formée de sulfate de baryum, et de formule BaSO₄.
Corpus desk
Index FR-barite · barite · French
barite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | barite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.ʁit\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « barite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
barite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale formée de sulfate de baryum, et de formule BaSO₄.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barite, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is barite, spelled B-A-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale formée de sulfate de baryum, et de formule BaSO₄.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how barite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, on retrouve des microcristaux de calcite inclus dans les microquartz, les mégaquartz et la barite.
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.