cristallographie
\kʁis.ta.lɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
The verdict
“cristallographie” is uncommon French (frequency #68,176 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,176
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Science qui étudie la structure cristalline et les propriétés physiques des cristaux — naturels ou synthétiques — ainsi que les méthodes permettant de les caractériser, notamment par diffraction de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cristallographie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁis.ta.lɔ.ɡʁa.fi\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #68,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cristallographie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cristallographie is uncommon French at frequency #68,176 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁis.ta.lɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science qui étudie la structure cristalline et les propriétés physiques des cristaux — naturels ou synthétiques — ainsi que les méthodes permettant de les caractériser, notamment par diffraction de...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cristallographie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cristallographie, spelled C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Science qui étudie la structure cristalline et les propriétés physiques des cristaux — naturels ou synthétiques — ainsi que les méthodes permettant de les caractériser, notamment par diffraction des rayons X, neutrons ou électrons.
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is C-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.