hématite
\e.ma.tit\
The verdict
“hématite” is uncommon French (frequency #75,771 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,771
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce minérale composée d’oxyde de fer III de formule Fe₂O₃.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hematite · hématite · French
hématite · rank #75,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,771
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 109,908
- PHOTO-FINISH hyperboles
Nearest frequency peer: hyperboles (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hématite”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hud
hud
24,233 corpus weight
- hydrothérap…
hydrothérapie
24,232 corpus weight
- hyperboles
hyperboles
24,231 corpus weight
- hématite
hématite
24,230 corpus weight
- héritant
héritant
24,229 corpus weight
- immerge
immerge
24,228 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hématite” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hématite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ma.tit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hématite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hématite is uncommon French at frequency #75,771 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ma.tit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale composée d’oxyde de fer III de formule Fe₂O₃.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hématite in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 hématite, spelled H-É-M-A-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale composée d’oxyde de fer III de formule Fe₂O₃.
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.