acide lactique
\a.sid lak.tik\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acide lactique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sid lak.tik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acide lactique” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Acide 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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