acide lactique

\a.sid lak.tik\

/\a.sid lak.tik\/ noun

The verdict

“acide lactique” 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) - Acide carboxylique hydroxylé, de formule brute C₃H₆O₃ et de formule semi-développée CH₃-CHOH-COOH, formé chez les animaux par la dégradation du glucose en milieu anaérobie, par exemple dans le muscle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acide-lactique · acide lactique · French

acide lactique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

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

Where “acide lactique” sits in French frequency

acide lactique 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 lactique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sid lak.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acide carboxylique hydroxylé, de formule brute C₃H₆O₃ et de formule semi-développée CH₃-CHOH-COOH, formé chez les animaux par la dégradation du glucose en milieu anaérobie, par exemple dans le muscle.".

acide lactique has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acide lactique, spelled A-C-I-D-E- -L-A-C-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acide carboxylique hydroxylé, de formule brute C₃H₆O₃ et de formule semi-développée CH₃-CHOH-COOH, formé chez les animaux par la dégradation du glucose en milieu anaérobie, par exemple dans le muscle.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acide lactique"?
"acide lactique" is spelled A-C-I-D-E- -L-A-C-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sid lak.tik\.
What does "acide lactique" mean?
As a noun, "acide lactique" means: Acide carboxylique hydroxylé, de formule brute C₃H₆O₃ et de formule semi-développée CH₃-CHOH-COOH, formé chez les animaux par la dégradation du glucose en milieu anaérobie, par exemple dans le muscle.
How do you pronounce "acide lactique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acide lactique" is \a.sid lak.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acide lactique" come from?
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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