cristallin

\kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\

/\kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“cristallin” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,627
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux cristaux; dont les atomes sont disposés de manière ordonnée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cristallin · cristallin · French

cristallin · rank #33,627 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,627
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crevée

Nearest frequency peer: crevée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cristallin »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cristallin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cristallin vs cristalline
91% similar
cristallin vs cristallise
82% similar
cristallin vs cristallines
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cristallin
PropertyValue
Headwordcristallin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,627
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cristallin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cristallinse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crevée » (#33,626), « cristallise » (#33,628), « cro » (#33,629). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cristallin » est au #33,627. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around cristallin (IPA \kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,627 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cristallin, with forms such as "ccristallin", "cirstallin", and "crisatllin". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cristalline", "cristallise", "cristallines", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cristallin, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux cristaux; dont les atomes sont disposés de manière ordonnée.
  2. 2
    Qui est clair et transparent comme du cristal.
  3. 3
    Relatif au cristallin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Katz (Katz, 1925) visualisa par diffraction X un pic caractéristique de l’arrangement cristallin.
  2. Il reste cependant des cas inclassables. L’opale par exemple est souvent présentée comme amorphe alors qu’il existe des opales diffractant les rayons X. Ainsi, les spécialistes distinguent les opales A, amorphes, les opales C ou CT, un peu cristallines, et d’autres encore. Pas les minéralogistes.

Antonyms

amorphe

This word in other languages

crystalline(English)cristalino(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccristallin
  • cirstallin
  • crisatllin
  • crisstallin
  • cristaliln
  • cristalin
  • cristallinn
  • cristallni
  • cristlalin
  • cristtallin
  • critsallin
  • crristallin
  • crsitallin
  • rcistallin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cristallin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccristallin1cirstallin2crisatllin2crisstallin1cristaliln2cristalin1cristallinn1cristallni2
Edit distance from "cristallin"

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 "cristallin"?
"cristallin" is spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\.
What does "cristallin" mean?
As an adjective, "cristallin" means: Relatif aux cristaux; dont les atomes sont disposés de manière ordonnée.
What words are commonly confused with "cristallin"?
"cristallin" is commonly confused with "cristalline", "cristallise", "cristallines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cristallin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cristallin" is \kʁis.ta.lɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cristallin" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

célébrait14 variantsdescendez14 variantsdonneraient14 variantsdéflation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list