micaschiste
\mi.ka.ʃist\
The verdict
“micaschiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche métamorphique composée de mica et de quartz.
Corpus desk
Index FR-micaschiste · micaschiste · French
micaschiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | micaschiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ka.ʃist\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « micaschiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
micaschiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ka.ʃist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roche métamorphique composée de mica et de quartz.".
Zero misspellings are on record for micaschiste in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 micaschiste, spelled M-I-C-A-S-C-H-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Roche métamorphique composée de mica et de quartz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how micaschiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsque dans un terrain siliceux avec un sous-sol de micaschiste qui ne produit presque rien, on élève une race de petits chevaux, que faut-il faire pour leur donner plus de taille, des formes plus régulières […].
Ces roches, de séquence paramétamorphique, de couleur sombre, sont essentiellement représentées par des micaschistes, des phyllades, des quartzophyllades et des quartzites.
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.