thermistance
\tɛʁ.mis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“thermistance” 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 May 6, 2026) - Augmentation régulière de la résistivité avec la température, de matières qui ne sont pas des métaux purs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thermistance · thermistance · French
thermistance · 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 | thermistance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛʁ.mis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thermistance” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thermistance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛʁ.mis.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for thermistance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is thermistance, spelled T-H-E-R-M-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Augmentation régulière de la résistivité avec la température, de matières qui ne sont pas des métaux purs.
- 2Composant de type dipôle dont la résistance électrique varie avec la température, le coefficient de température étant plus important que pour les thermo-résistances. Ces composants servent en général à mesurer la température ; certains sont à coefficient de température positif (CTP) — c’est-à-dire que leur résistance augmente lorsque la température croît dans la plage d’utilisation —, d’autres à coefficient de température négatif (CTN) — la résistance décroît avec la température.
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