silice

/\si.lis\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,744

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

silice is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dioxyde de silicium, (SiO₂). Pronounced \si.lis\. Often confused with since and slide.

Key facts for silice
PropertyValue
Headwordsilice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.lis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,744
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of silice in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for silice is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \si.lis\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,744 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for silice, with forms such as "islice", "siilce", and "silcie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "since", "slide", "spice", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is silice, spelled S-I-L-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dioxyde de silicium, (SiO₂).
  2. 2
    Minéral dur et stable, présent, sous forme de quartz, dans les roches magmatiques acides, sous forme cristalline ou à l’état amorphe dans les roches volcaniques, ou en dépôt d’alluvion souvent éolien et qui parfois est utilisé dans la fabrication du verre, du cristal, de la faïence, de la porcelaine.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: islice,siilce,silcie,silicce,siliec,sillice,sliice,ssilice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for silice

Misspelling Variants of "silice"

islice6siilce6silcie6silicce7siliec6sillice7sliice6ssilice7
Misspelling Variants of "silice"

Frequency rank: #28,744 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "silice"?
"silice" is spelled S-I-L-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \si.lis\.
What does "silice" mean?
As a noun, "silice" means: Dioxyde de silicium, (SiO₂).
What words are commonly confused with "silice"?
"silice" is commonly confused with "since", "slide", "spice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "silice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "silice" is \si.lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "silice" come from?
"silice" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.