rutile
\ʁy.til\
The verdict
“rutile” is uncommon French (frequency #99,591 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,591
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Minéral composé de dioxyde de titane de formule TiO₂.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rutile · rutile · French
rutile · rank #99,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,591
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rustine
Nearest frequency peer: rustine (-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 « rutile »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rouleront
rouleront
415 corpus weight
- rouée
rouée
413 corpus weight
- rustine
rustine
411 corpus weight
- rutile
rutile
410 corpus weight
- réajustemen…
réajustements
407 corpus weight
- réaliserai
réaliserai
406 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rutile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rutile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁy.til\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rutile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rutile is uncommon French at frequency #99,591 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁy.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Minéral composé de dioxyde de titane de formule TiO₂.".
rutile has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rutile, spelled R-U-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Minéral composé de dioxyde de titane de formule TiO₂.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rutile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’électrode rutile contient principalement du TiO₂ dans l’enrobage.
Les électrodes à enrobage rutile et rutilo-cellulosique sont les plus employées pour les travaux de « bricolage ».
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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