fluorine
\fly.ɔ.ʁin\
The verdict
“fluorine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Fluorite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fluorine · fluorine · French
fluorine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fluorine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fly.ɔ.ʁin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fluorine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fluorine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fly.ɔ.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fluorine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fluorine, spelled F-L-U-O-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Fluorite.
- 2Radical hypothétique du fluor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fluorine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une mine souterraine de fluorine exploitée par la SIC fonctionne actuellement à Chaillac.
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.