formica

\fɔʁ.mi.ka\

/\fɔʁ.mi.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“formica” is uncommon French (frequency #65,163 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,163
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélaminé thermorésistant recouvrant généralement du mobilier de cuisine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-formica · formica · French

formica · rank #65,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,163
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH flows

Nearest frequency peer: flows (-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 « formica »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « formica » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for formica
PropertyValue
Headwordformica
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fɔʁ.mi.ka\
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,163
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « formica » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).formicatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « flows » (#65,162), « fors » (#65,164), « filloniste » (#65,161). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « formica » est au #65,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

formica is uncommon French at frequency #65,163 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔʁ.mi.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mélaminé thermorésistant recouvrant généralement du mobilier de cuisine.".

formica doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is formica, spelled F-O-R-M-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mélaminé thermorésistant recouvrant généralement du mobilier de cuisine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La vraie métamorphose c’était celle de la maison, des deux pièces au parquet vitrifié, au mobilier tout neuf, de la cuisine où régnait l’ordre anguleux du formica.
  2. Ceci a pour origine une différence de rapport à la culture, comme dans les années soixante quand les plus âgés cédaient leurs armoires afin de s’offrir du mobilier en formica.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "formica"?
"formica" is spelled F-O-R-M-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \fɔʁ.mi.ka\.
What does "formica" mean?
As a noun, "formica" means: Mélaminé thermorésistant recouvrant généralement du mobilier de cuisine.
How do you pronounce "formica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "formica" is \fɔʁ.mi.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "formica", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list