dermite
\dɛʁ.mit\
The verdict
“dermite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation de la peau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dermite · dermite · French
dermite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dermite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛʁ.mit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dermite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dermite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛʁ.mit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation de la peau.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dermite, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dermite, spelled D-E-R-M-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation de la peau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dermite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Disons tout d’abord que dermite et dermatite sont synonymes, que les Américains n’emploient que le terme dermatite (dermatitis) et que la dermatologie française sous-entend par dermite une lésion plus superficielle que la dermatite.
Synonyms
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.