permittivité

\pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\

/\pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“permittivité” 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) - En électromagnétisme, grandeur quantifiant la réponse des matériaux diélectriques à l’application d’un champ électrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-permittivite · permittivité · French

permittivité · 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 "P" 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 permittivité
PropertyValue
Headwordpermittivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « permittivité » en français

permittivitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

permittivité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En électromagnétisme, grandeur quantifiant la réponse des matériaux diélectriques à l’application d’un champ électrique.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for permittivité, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 permittivité, spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-T-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    En électromagnétisme, grandeur quantifiant la réponse des matériaux diélectriques à l’application d’un champ électrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La permittivité de l’abdomen est légèrement plus élevée chez les mâles que chez les femelles.

Synonyms

permittivité diélectrique

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permittivité"?
"permittivité" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-T-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\.
What does "permittivité" mean?
As a noun, "permittivité" means: En électromagnétisme, grandeur quantifiant la réponse des matériaux diélectriques à l’application d’un champ électrique.
How do you pronounce "permittivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permittivité" is \pɛʁ.mi.ti.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permittivité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list