acrylamide

\a.kʁi.la.mid\

/\a.kʁi.la.mid\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amide de formule semi-développée CH₂-CO-NH₂.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acrylamide · acrylamide · French

acrylamide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 acrylamide
PropertyValue
Headwordacrylamide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.kʁi.la.mid\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acrylamide » en français

acrylamidereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

acrylamide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.kʁi.la.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amide de formule semi-développée CH₂-CO-NH₂.".

Zero misspellings are on record for acrylamide in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is acrylamide, spelled A-C-R-Y-L-A-M-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amide de formule semi-développée CH₂-CO-NH₂.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acrylamide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'acrylamide peut apparaître lors de la cuisson à plus de 120 °C (friture, rôtissage) d'aliments riches en amidon ou en sucres et présente un risque pour la santé humaine.
  2. L'Agence sanitaire européenne s'est mise à réévaluer les risques liés à l'acrylamide ingérée. On en trouve notamment dans les chips, le café, les frites, les biscuits, les crackers, les céréales du petit déjeuner, les nuggets..., dont il faut de toute façon limiter la consommation.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acrylamide"?
"acrylamide" is spelled A-C-R-Y-L-A-M-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.kʁi.la.mid\.
What does "acrylamide" mean?
As a noun, "acrylamide" means: Amide de formule semi-développée CH₂-CO-NH₂.
How do you pronounce "acrylamide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acrylamide" is \a.kʁi.la.mid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acrylamide" come from?
"acrylamide" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list