achiral
\a.ki.ʁal\
The verdict
“achiral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un objet, en particulier d’une entité moléculaire, superposable à son image dans un miroir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-achiral · achiral · French
achiral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | achiral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.ki.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « achiral » en français
Rare enough to double-check
achiral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ki.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’un objet, en particulier d’une entité moléculaire, superposable à son image dans un miroir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for achiral, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is achiral, spelled A-C-H-I-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un objet, en particulier d’une entité moléculaire, superposable à son image dans un miroir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how achiral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une molécule peut être achirale tout en ayant deux carbones asymétriques.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.