limnimètre
\lim.ni.mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“limnimètre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument qui sert à mesurer le niveau des lacs et cours d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-limnimetre · limnimètre · French
limnimètre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | limnimètre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lim.ni.mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
limnimètre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lim.ni.mɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for limnimètre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is limnimètre, spelled L-I-M-N-I-M-È-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument qui sert à mesurer le niveau des lacs et cours d’eau.
- 2Appareil servant à mesurer, en roulant, l’épaisseur d’une couche d’eau sur la chaussée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how limnimètre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est dommage que nous ne possédions plus d’observations continues par la suite, le limnimètre de Steinheim ayant été enlevé en 1922.
Des essais comparatifs entre le capteur optique et le limnimètre ont été effectués pour cinq plaques d'essai de formulations différentes.
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.