sodalite
The verdict
“sodalite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates sous groupe des tectosilicates formé de (silicate chloré de sodium et d'aluminium), de formule chimique Na₄(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)Cl.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sodalite · sodalite · French
sodalite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sodalite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sodalite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sodalite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates sous groupe des tectosilicates formé de (silicate chloré de sodium et d'aluminium), de formule chimique Na₄(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)Cl.".
sodalite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sodalite, spelled S-O-D-A-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce minérale du groupe des silicates sous groupe des tectosilicates formé de (silicate chloré de sodium et d'aluminium), de formule chimique Na₄(Al₃Si₃O₁₂)Cl.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sodalite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’endialite a été observée au Groenland, dans les dépôts de gneiss avec la sodalite, l'amphibole, etc.
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.