microstructure

\mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\

/\mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“microstructure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organisation, présentation, structure des informations d’un article au sein d’un recueil, d’un corpus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-microstructure · microstructure · French

microstructure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for microstructure
PropertyValue
Headwordmicrostructure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « microstructure » en français

microstructurereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

microstructure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for microstructure, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is microstructure, spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-T-R-U-C-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisation, présentation, structure des informations d’un article au sein d’un recueil, d’un corpus.
  2. 2
    Conformation microscopique de la matière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how microstructure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans les dictionnaires français, la microstructure se décompose, le plus souvent, de manière suivante : mot vedette, type de mot, genre, définition, exemple.
  2. La verticalité de la nomenclature se doit d’être rigoureuse, quant à la microstructure, elle est souvent marque emblématique du goût pour le fragment, lieu où glisser des données narratives, des anecdotes, divers commentaires, structure où bien des libertés peuvent être prises.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "microstructure"?
"microstructure" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-T-R-U-C-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\.
What does "microstructure" mean?
As a noun, "microstructure" means: Organisation, présentation, structure des informations d’un article au sein d’un recueil, d’un corpus.
How do you pronounce "microstructure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microstructure" is \mi.kʁɔ.stʁyk.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "microstructure" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list