microfissure
\mi.kʁo.fi.syʁ\
The verdict
“microfissure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toute petite fissure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-microfissure · microfissure · French
microfissure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | microfissure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.kʁo.fi.syʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
microfissure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁo.fi.syʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toute petite fissure.".
No misspelling variants are generated for microfissure in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is microfissure, spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-I-S-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Toute petite fissure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how microfissure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le renforcement est donc activé immédiatement lors de l’amorcement d’une microfissure.
À chaque arrêt de tranche, on vide les circuits et on vérifie les surfaces d’échange pour prévenir les fuites radioactives primaire-secondaire — c’est le travail de Jean-Yves et de son équipe, contrôle des microfissures par gammagraphie.
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.