terre d’alun
The verdict
“terre d’alun” 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) - Alumine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-terre-d-alun · terre d’alun · French
terre d’alun · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | terre d’alun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « terre d’alun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
terre d’alun is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alumine.".
terre d’alun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is terre d’alun, spelled T-E-R-R-E- -D-’-A-L-U-N.
Definition
- 1Alumine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how terre d’alun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. l’abbé Guénée prétend néanmoins que la meilleure terre d'alun est blanche comme de la craie, et le sentiment des ouvriers s’accorde en cela avec le sien; ils rejettent les pierres grumeleuses qui s’égrènent facilement entre les doigts et celles qui sont rougeâtres.
Cette dissolution, encore chaude, manifeste ſensiblement les propriétés acides ; elle rougit fortement le tournesol ; elle fait effervescence avec le calce (terre calcaire), la magnésie & l’alumine (terre d’alun), avec lesquels elle forme des sels moyens qui ſont peu solubles dans l’eau ; elle précipite l’argent, le mercure, & le plomb dissous dans l’acid…
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.