adsorption
\ad.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“adsorption” is an uncommon French word, ranked #65,661 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,661
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pénétration superficielle d’un gaz ou d’un liquide dans un solide ou un liquide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adsorption |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ad.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adsorption” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for adsorption is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ad.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #65,661 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adsorption, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is adsorption, spelled A-D-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pénétration superficielle d’un gaz ou d’un liquide dans un solide ou un liquide.
- 2Fixation en surface d’un gaz sur un solide.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “adsorption”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-D-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ad.sɔʁp.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.