lithologie
\li.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“lithologie” 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) - Partie de l’histoire naturelle qui a les pierres pour objet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lithologie · lithologie · French
lithologie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | lithologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lithologie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de l’histoire naturelle qui a les pierres pour objet.".
lithologie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is lithologie, spelled L-I-T-H-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de l’histoire naturelle qui a les pierres pour objet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lithologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; les études chimique et minéralogique assigneront une place définitive dans la systématique, à cette roche qui était une des énigmes de la lithologie.
Toutes figures et lithologies confondues, ses habitats sont les friches, les ermes, les pelouses xériques et mésophiles, les versants écorchés, les périmètres des forêts sèches, les zones préforestières en mosaïque, […].
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.