alcaloïdes

\al.ka.lɔ.id\

/\al.ka.lɔ.id\/ noun

The verdict

“alcaloïdes” is uncommon French (frequency #56,398 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,398
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-alcaloides · alcaloïdes · French

alcaloïdes · rank #56,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,398
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alarmants

Nearest frequency peer: alarmants (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « alcaloïdes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alcaloïdes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alcaloïdes
PropertyValue
Headwordalcaloïdes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.ka.lɔ.id\
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « alcaloïdes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).alcaloïdestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « alarmants » (#56,397), « alcohol » (#56,399), « aggravantes » (#56,396). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alcaloïdes » est au #56,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alcaloïdes is uncommon French at frequency #56,398 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ka.lɔ.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de alcaloïde.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcaloïdes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is alcaloïdes, spelled A-L-C-A-L-O-Ï-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de alcaloïde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Donner les alcalins à un diabétique, c’est accélérer sa mort. Il faut, au contraire, le dédiabétiser par la strychnine et empêcher la fièvre de consomption par les alcaloïdes défervescents.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcaloïdes"?
"alcaloïdes" is spelled A-L-C-A-L-O-Ï-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \al.ka.lɔ.id\.
What does "alcaloïdes" mean?
As a noun, "alcaloïdes" means: Pluriel de alcaloïde.
How do you pronounce "alcaloïdes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcaloïdes" is \al.ka.lɔ.id\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alcaloïdes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list