ingot

noun

The verdict

“ingot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cornet réalisé en écorce de bouleau, servant pour le sucre d’érable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingot · ingot · French

ingot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" 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 ingot
PropertyValue
Headwordingot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ingot » en français

ingotsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

ingot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cornet réalisé en écorce de bouleau, servant pour le sucre d’érable.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ingot, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ingot, spelled I-N-G-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cornet réalisé en écorce de bouleau, servant pour le sucre d’érable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On nomme ici ingot des cornets de sucre du pays . Serait-ce une corruption du français lingot ?

Synonyms

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 "ingot"?
"ingot" is spelled I-N-G-O-T.
What does "ingot" mean?
As a noun, "ingot" means: Cornet réalisé en écorce de bouleau, servant pour le sucre d’érable.
What language does "ingot" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list