lignite
\li.ɲit\
The verdict
“lignite” is uncommon French (frequency #50,333 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,333
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roche sédimentaire carbonée composée de restes fossiles de plantes, considérée, par certains, comme une roche intermédiaire entre la tourbe et la houille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lignite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ɲit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lignite” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lignite is uncommon French at frequency #50,333 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ɲit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roche sédimentaire carbonée composée de restes fossiles de plantes, considérée, par certains, comme une roche intermédiaire entre la tourbe et la houille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lignite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lignite, spelled L-I-G-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Roche sédimentaire carbonée composée de restes fossiles de plantes, considérée, par certains, comme une roche intermédiaire entre la tourbe et la houille.
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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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Using “lignite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-G-N-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.ɲit\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.