ferrite
\fɛ.ʁit\
The verdict
“ferrite” is uncommon French (frequency #95,905 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,905
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété allotropique de fer présente dans des alliages ferreux et contenant une infime partie de carbone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferrite · ferrite · French
ferrite · rank #95,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,905
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 137,178
- PHOTO-FINISH ferronnier
Nearest frequency peer: ferronnier (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ferrite”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fauvisme
fauvisme
4,099 corpus weight
- favourite
favourite
4,098 corpus weight
- ferrite
ferrite
4,096 corpus weight
- ferronnier
ferronnier
4,095 corpus weight
- figea
figea
4,094 corpus weight
- Figueras
Figueras
4,093 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ferrite” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferrite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɛ.ʁit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,905 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ferrite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ferrite is uncommon French at frequency #95,905 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɛ.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété allotropique de fer présente dans des alliages ferreux et contenant une infime partie de carbone.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ferrite in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ferrite, spelled F-E-R-R-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variété allotropique de fer présente dans des alliages ferreux et contenant une infime partie de carbone.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.