kérolite
\ke.ʁɔ.lit\
The verdict
“kérolite” 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) - Phyllosilicate contenant du nickel, semblable au talc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kerolite · kérolite · French
kérolite · 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 "K" 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 | kérolite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ke.ʁɔ.lit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kérolite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kérolite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ke.ʁɔ.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Phyllosilicate contenant du nickel, semblable au talc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kérolite in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is kérolite, spelled K-É-R-O-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Phyllosilicate contenant du nickel, semblable au talc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kérolite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Minéralogiquement, les garniérites sont constituées, pour l’essentiel, d’un mélange en proportions variables, de serpentine et de kérolite (Brindley et Pham Thi Hang), 1973).
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.