acide citrique

\a.sid si.tʁik\

/\a.sid si.tʁik\/ noun

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The verdict

“acide citrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom d’un triacide carboxylique de formule C₆H₈O₇.

Key facts for acide citrique
PropertyValue
Headwordacide citrique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sid si.tʁik\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acide citrique” sits in French frequency

acide citrique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acide citrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid si.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom d’un triacide carboxylique de formule C₆H₈O₇.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for acide citrique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is acide citrique, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -C-I-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom d’un triacide carboxylique de formule C₆H₈O₇.

Synonyms

acide 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxyliqueacide 3-carboxy-3-hydroxypentanedioïqueacide du citronacide citronienE330

This word in other languages

citric acid(English)Zitronensäure(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acide citrique"?
"acide citrique" is spelled A-C-I-D-E- -C-I-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sid si.tʁik\.
What does "acide citrique" mean?
As a noun, "acide citrique" means: Nom d’un triacide carboxylique de formule C₆H₈O₇.
How do you pronounce "acide citrique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acide citrique" is \a.sid si.tʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acide citrique" come from?
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Using “acide citrique”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-C-I-D-E- -C-I-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.sid si.tʁik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list