naphte
\naft\
The verdict
“naphte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Carbure d’hydrogène, sorte de bitume transparent, léger et très inflammable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-naphte · naphte · French
naphte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | naphte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naft\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naphte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
naphte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \naft\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carbure d’hydrogène, sorte de bitume transparent, léger et très inflammable.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for naphte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is naphte, spelled N-A-P-H-T-E.
Definition
- 1Carbure d’hydrogène, sorte de bitume transparent, léger et très inflammable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how naphte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin une énorme futaille vide, montée au grenier, avait été chargée de deux cents litres de naphte que le diabolique recors était parvenu à se procurer, pour qu’au moment de l’apothéose, toute la maison fût enveloppée d’une immense chasuble de feu.
Les gaz poussèrent des bulles dans le naphte, une sorte de glouglou régulier qui couvrait le bruit du moteur au ralenti.
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