fossilifère
\fɔ.si.li.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“fossilifère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui recèle des fossiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fossilifere · fossilifère · French
fossilifère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | fossilifère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɔ.si.li.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fossilifère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɔ.si.li.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui recèle des fossiles.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fossilifère, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fossilifère, spelled F-O-S-S-I-L-I-F-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui recèle des fossiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fossilifère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Superposition et succession chronologique des couches fossilifères.
Les grès à Woltzia […] forment dans leur niveau inférieur des bancs compacts et fossilifères où « les couches gréseuses alternent avec des argiles diversement nuancées » […]
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.