dolomite
\dɔ.lɔ.mit\
The verdict
“dolomite” is uncommon French (frequency #82,867 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,867
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale formée de carbonate de calcium et de magnésium, de formule CaMg(CO₃)₂.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dolomite · dolomite · French
dolomite · rank #82,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,867
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dominick
Nearest frequency peer: Dominick (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dolomite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- divonne
divonne
17,138 corpus weight
- documentant
documentant
17,136 corpus weight
- dolomite
dolomite
17,134 corpus weight
- Dominick
Dominick
17,133 corpus weight
- Dorothea
Dorothea
17,132 corpus weight
- Doue
Doue
17,131 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dolomite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolomite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.lɔ.mit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dolomite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dolomite is uncommon French at frequency #82,867 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.lɔ.mit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale formée de carbonate de calcium et de magnésium, de formule CaMg(CO₃)₂.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dolomite, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dolomite, spelled D-O-L-O-M-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale formée de carbonate de calcium et de magnésium, de formule CaMg(CO₃)₂.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dolomite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On constate un flottement en ce qui concerne l'emploi des 2 termes dolomie et dolomite. Souvent, le même terme (dolomie) s'applique à la fois au minéral et à la roche ; mais parfois dolomite s'applique au minéral et dolomie à la roche.
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); 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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