acide butyrique
\a.sid by.ti.ʁik\
The verdict
“acide butyrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acide gras saturé à 4 atomes de carbone (CH₃–CH₂–CH₂–COOH).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acide butyrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sid by.ti.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acide butyrique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
acide butyrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid by.ti.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acide butyrique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is acide butyrique, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -B-U-T-Y-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Acide gras saturé à 4 atomes de carbone (CH₃–CH₂–CH₂–COOH).
- 2L’un ou l’autre des deux isomères de formule brute C₄H₈O₂.
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.
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Using “acide butyrique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-I-D-E- -B-U-T-Y-R-I-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.