carbonate de calcium

\kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\

/\kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“carbonate de calcium” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé ionique formé par la combinaison d’un ion carbonate (CO₃²⁻) avec un ion calcium (Ca²⁺).

Key facts for carbonate de calcium
PropertyValue
Headwordcarbonate de calcium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carbonate de calcium” sits in French frequency

carbonate de calcium falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carbonate de calcium is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé ionique formé par la combinaison d’un ion carbonate (CO₃²⁻) avec un ion calcium (Ca²⁺).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carbonate de calcium, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is carbonate de calcium, spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E- -D-E- -C-A-L-C-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composé ionique formé par la combinaison d’un ion carbonate (CO₃²⁻) avec un ion calcium (Ca²⁺).

Synonyms

carbonate de chauxleucographite

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carbonate de calcium"?
"carbonate de calcium" is spelled C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E- -D-E- -C-A-L-C-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\.
What does "carbonate de calcium" mean?
As a noun, "carbonate de calcium" means: Composé ionique formé par la combinaison d’un ion carbonate (CO₃²⁻) avec un ion calcium (Ca²⁺).
How do you pronounce "carbonate de calcium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carbonate de calcium" is \kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carbonate de calcium" come from?
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Using “carbonate de calcium”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-B-O-N-A-T-E- -D-E- -C-A-L-C-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kaʁ.bɔ.nat də kal.sjɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list