dichrome
\di.kʁom\
The verdict
“dichrome” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente deux couleurs distinctes selon son épaisseur, en parlant d'un corps transparent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dichrome · dichrome · French
dichrome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | dichrome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.kʁom\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dichrome is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.kʁom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dichrome, 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dichrome, spelled D-I-C-H-R-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui présente deux couleurs distinctes selon son épaisseur, en parlant d'un corps transparent.
- 2(Par extension) Qui est composé de deux couleurs ; synonyme de bicolore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dichrome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chlorophylle, qui possède sous une couche mince une transparence verte alors qu'elle donne une coloration rouge pour une couche très épaisse, est un corps dichrome.
Voici notre thé à cette vesprée, dit Miranda en remplissant les coupes dichromes à tige grêle
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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.