formiate

\fɔʁ.mjat\

/\fɔʁ.mjat\/ noun

The verdict

“formiate” 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) - Sel ou ester produit par la combinaison de l'acide formique avec une base, un alcool ou un phénol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-formiate · formiate · French

formiate · 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.

Key facts for formiate
PropertyValue
Headwordformiate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.mjat\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « formiate » en français

formiaten'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

formiate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.mjat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sel ou ester produit par la combinaison de l'acide formique avec une base, un alcool ou un phénol.".

No misspelling variants are generated for formiate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is formiate, spelled F-O-R-M-I-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sel ou ester produit par la combinaison de l'acide formique avec une base, un alcool ou un phénol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how formiate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Son essence à l’odeur douce et pénétrante rappelant celle de la rose, est riche en géraniol, en acétate et formiate de géranyle.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formiate"?
"formiate" is spelled F-O-R-M-I-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.mjat\.
What does "formiate" mean?
As a noun, "formiate" means: Sel ou ester produit par la combinaison de l'acide formique avec une base, un alcool ou un phénol.
How do you pronounce "formiate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formiate" is \fɔʁ.mjat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "formiate" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list