lithosphère
\li.tɔs.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“lithosphère” is uncommon French (frequency #97,107 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,107
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie superficielle et solide du matériau dont sont faites les planètes telluriques comme la Terre ou Mars et qui constitue les plaques tectoniques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lithosphere · lithosphère · French
lithosphère · rank #97,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,107
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Licht
Nearest frequency peer: Licht (-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 « lithosphère »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lege
lege
2,899 corpus weight
- licensing
licensing
2,896 corpus weight
- Licht
Licht
2,895 corpus weight
- lithosphère
lithosphère
2,894 corpus weight
- lix
lix
2,891 corpus weight
- loll
loll
2,889 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lithosphère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lithosphère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.tɔs.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lithosphère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lithosphère is uncommon French at frequency #97,107 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.tɔs.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie superficielle et solide du matériau dont sont faites les planètes telluriques comme la Terre ou Mars et qui constitue les plaques tectoniques.".
Zero misspellings are on record for lithosphère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lithosphère, spelled L-I-T-H-O-S-P-H-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Partie superficielle et solide du matériau dont sont faites les planètes telluriques comme la Terre ou Mars et qui constitue les plaques tectoniques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lithosphère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une plaque peut être formée par une lithosphère à croûte océanique mais elle peut également comporter une partie lithosphérique à croûte continentale.
Les continents sont incorporés à la lithosphère comme des morceaux de bois sont pris dans la banquise.
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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