magnétite
\ma.ɲɛ.tit\
The verdict
“magnétite” is uncommon French (frequency #84,040 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,040
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale composée d'oxyde de fer ferrimagnétique de formule Fe⁺² Fe₂⁺³O₄.
Corpus desk
Index FR-magnetite · magnétite · French
magnétite · rank #84,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,040
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maharaja
Nearest frequency peer: maharaja (+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 « magnétite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- léonais
léonais
15,966 corpus weight
- maar
maar
15,964 corpus weight
- macchabées
macchabées
15,963 corpus weight
- magnétite
magnétite
15,961 corpus weight
- maharaja
maharaja
15,960 corpus weight
- malvoyantes
malvoyantes
15,959 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « magnétite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magnétite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ɲɛ.tit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « magnétite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
magnétite is uncommon French at frequency #84,040 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ɲɛ.tit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale composée d'oxyde de fer ferrimagnétique de formule Fe⁺² Fe₂⁺³O₄.".
Zero misspellings are on record for magnétite in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is magnétite, spelled M-A-G-N-É-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale composée d'oxyde de fer ferrimagnétique de formule Fe⁺² Fe₂⁺³O₄.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how magnétite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le magnétite (fer-aimant Fe₃O₄) est le corps ferro-magnétique qui se prête le mieux à une étude complète des propriétés magnétiques au dessus de la température de transformation.[…]. Les trois échantillons sur lesquels ont porté les expériences ont été pris dans le même cristal de magnétite octaédrique ( provenance d'Essex, États-Unis).
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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