lapis specularis

noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pierre spéculaire, sélénite, dont on faisait des miroirs.

Key facts for lapis specularis
PropertyValue
Headwordlapis specularis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lapis specularis” sits in French frequency

lapis specularis falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

lapis specularis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pierre spéculaire, sélénite, dont on faisait des miroirs.".

Zero misspellings are on record for lapis specularis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 lapis specularis, spelled L-A-P-I-S- -S-P-E-C-U-L-A-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pierre spéculaire, sélénite, dont on faisait des miroirs.

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 "lapis specularis"?
"lapis specularis" is spelled L-A-P-I-S- -S-P-E-C-U-L-A-R-I-S.
What does "lapis specularis" mean?
As a noun, "lapis specularis" means: Pierre spéculaire, sélénite, dont on faisait des miroirs.
What language does "lapis specularis" come from?
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Using “lapis specularis”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-A-P-I-S- -S-P-E-C-U-L-A-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list