mine de plomb
\min də plɔ̃\
The verdict
“mine de plomb” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Graphite, pierre dont on fait les crayons de couleur de plomb.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mine de plomb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \min də plɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mine de plomb” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mine de plomb is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \min də plɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Graphite, pierre dont on fait les crayons de couleur de plomb.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mine de plomb in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mine de plomb, spelled M-I-N-E- -D-E- -P-L-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1Graphite, pierre dont on fait les crayons de couleur de plomb.
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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.
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Using “mine de plomb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-N-E- -D-E- -P-L-O-M-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \min də plɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.