acide butanoïque
\a.sid by.ta.nɔ.ik\
The verdict
“acide butanoïque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (nom UICPA) Synonyme de acide butyrique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acide butanoïque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sid by.ta.nɔ.ik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acide butanoïque” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acide butanoïque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid by.ta.nɔ.ik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nom UICPA) Synonyme de acide butyrique.".
acide butanoïque has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is acide butanoïque, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -B-U-T-A-N-O-Ï-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1(nom UICPA) Synonyme de acide butyrique.
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.
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Using “acide butanoïque”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-C-I-D-E- -B-U-T-A-N-O-Ï-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.