adiposité

\a.di.po.zi.te\

/\a.di.po.zi.te\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excès de graisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adiposite · adiposité · French

adiposité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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 adiposité
PropertyValue
Headwordadiposité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.di.po.zi.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « adiposité » en français

adipositén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

adiposité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.di.po.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excès de graisse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adiposité, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is adiposité, spelled A-D-I-P-O-S-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Excès de graisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La leptine, une autre hormone, constitue un signal d'adiposité plus direct.

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 "adiposité"?
"adiposité" is spelled A-D-I-P-O-S-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.di.po.zi.te\.
What does "adiposité" mean?
As a noun, "adiposité" means: Excès de graisse.
How do you pronounce "adiposité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adiposité" is \a.di.po.zi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adiposité" come from?
"adiposité" 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