micron
\mi.kʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“micron” is uncommon French (frequency #51,609 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,609
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Micromètre. Ancienne Unité de longueur utilisée pour les observations au microscope et équivalant à la millième partie du millimètre. Le symbole est μ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-micron · micron · French
micron · rank #51,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,609
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH microbrasserie
Nearest frequency peer: microbrasserie (-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 « micron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mendez
Mendez
48,395 corpus weight
- mesurez
mesurez
48,394 corpus weight
- microbrasse…
microbrasserie
48,393 corpus weight
- micron
micron
48,392 corpus weight
- millénium
millénium
48,391 corpus weight
- mirador
mirador
48,390 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « micron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | micron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.kʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « micron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
micron is uncommon French at frequency #51,609 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Micromètre. Ancienne Unité de longueur utilisée pour les observations au microscope et équivalant à la millième partie du millimètre. Le symbole est μ.".
Zero misspellings are on record for micron in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is micron, spelled M-I-C-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Micromètre. Ancienne Unité de longueur utilisée pour les observations au microscope et équivalant à la millième partie du millimètre. Le symbole est μ.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how micron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut y ajouter les cendres vitrifiées de moteurs Diesel (grandes de 1 à 5 microns, en général, avec 5 à 10 % de plus gros que 5 microns).
Ils contiennent moins de 50 % d'éléments de diamètre supérieur à 500 microns. La fraction dominante est celle comprise entre 315 et 160 microns.
Synonyms
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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