acide docosahexaénoïque

\a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\

/\a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\/ noun

The verdict

“acide docosahexaénoïque” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3 de formule C₂₂H₃₂O₂ et de formule semi-développée CH₃–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH₂–COOH.

Key facts for acide docosahexaénoïque
PropertyValue
Headwordacide docosahexaénoïque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acide docosahexaénoïque” sits in French frequency

acide docosahexaénoïque 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for acide docosahexaénoïque is 23 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3 de formule C₂₂H₃₂O₂ et de formule semi-développée CH₃–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH₂–COOH.".

No misspelling variants are generated for acide docosahexaénoïque in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is acide docosahexaénoïque, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -D-O-C-O-S-A-H-E-X-A-É-N-O-Ï-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3 de formule C₂₂H₃₂O₂ et de formule semi-développée CH₃–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH₂–COOH.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acide docosahexaénoïque"?
"acide docosahexaénoïque" is spelled A-C-I-D-E- -D-O-C-O-S-A-H-E-X-A-É-N-O-Ï-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\.
What does "acide docosahexaénoïque" mean?
As a noun, "acide docosahexaénoïque" means: Acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3 de formule C₂₂H₃₂O₂ et de formule semi-développée CH₃–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH=CH–CH₂–CH₂–COOH.
How do you pronounce "acide docosahexaénoïque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acide docosahexaénoïque" is \a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “acide docosahexaénoïque”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is A-C-I-D-E- -D-O-C-O-S-A-H-E-X-A-É-N-O-Ï-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.sid dɔ.kɔ.sa.ɛɡ.za.e.nɔ.ik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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