fibre de verre
\fibʁ də vɛʁ\
The verdict
“fibre de verre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Filaments de verre produits grâce à une filière, rassemblés en fil ou en ruban de fibres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fibre-de-verre · fibre de verre · French
fibre de verre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fibre de verre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fibʁ də vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fibre de verre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fibre de verre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fibʁ də vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fibre de verre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fibre de verre, spelled F-I-B-R-E- -D-E- -V-E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Filaments de verre produits grâce à une filière, rassemblés en fil ou en ruban de fibres.
- 2Matériau composite armé ou renforcé avec des fibres de verre.
This word in other languages
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