laminoir
\la.mi.nwaʁ\
The verdict
“laminoir” is uncommon French (frequency #65,266 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,266
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Machine composée de deux cylindres d’acier, entre lesquels on fait passer la matière (pâte ou métal), pour en réduire plus ou moins l’épaisseur, suivant qu’on rapproche plus ou moins les cylindres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laminoir · laminoir · French
laminoir · rank #65,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,266
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lallement
Nearest frequency peer: Lallement (-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 « laminoir »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- kopa
kopa
34,739 corpus weight
- laissiez
laissiez
34,737 corpus weight
- Lallement
Lallement
34,736 corpus weight
- laminoir
laminoir
34,735 corpus weight
- Latham
Latham
34,732 corpus weight
- laxatifs
laxatifs
34,731 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « laminoir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laminoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.mi.nwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laminoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laminoir is uncommon French at frequency #65,266 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.mi.nwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for laminoir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is laminoir, spelled L-A-M-I-N-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Machine composée de deux cylindres d’acier, entre lesquels on fait passer la matière (pâte ou métal), pour en réduire plus ou moins l’épaisseur, suivant qu’on rapproche plus ou moins les cylindres.
- 2Atelier dans lequel se trouve cette machine.
- 3Passage de grande largeur, mais de faible hauteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laminoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des laminoirs sortaient des barres de fer rouge qui s’allongeaient et se tordaient sur le sol, comme des serpents de feu.
Par ailleurs se concrétisait progressivement ce projet fou, imaginé à Colombus, de réaliser un laminoir à froid à bande étroite pouvant laminer dix kilomètres de bande à 20 m/s.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).