alcool

/\al.kɔl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,761

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

alcool is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poudre très fine. Pronounced \al.kɔl\. It ranks #1,761 in French word frequency. Often confused with alcools.

Key facts for alcool
PropertyValue
Headwordalcool
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\al.kɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,761
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of alcool in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for alcool is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \al.kɔl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,761 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for alcool, with forms such as "aclool", "alccool", and "alcol". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "alcools", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is alcool, spelled A-L-C-O-O-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poudre très fine.
  2. 2
    Liquide incolore, très fluide, d’une saveur brûlante, qui s’obtient en distillant le vin, le cidre et toutes les liqueurs fermentées provenant de matières sucrées ou féculentes. Éthanol.
  3. 3
    Boisson alcoolisée comme le vin, la bière ou les spiritueux.
  4. 4
    Alcoolisme ; ivrognerie, ivresse.
  5. 5
    Composé organique dont les propriétés rappellent celles de l’éthanol. Ce sont des hydrocarbures dont un ou plusieurs atomes d’hydrogène (H) ont été remplacés par un hydroxyle (OH).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aclool,alccool,alcol,alcolo,alcooll,allcool,alocol,lacool

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for alcool

Misspelling Variants of "alcool"

aclool6alccool7alcol5alcolo6alcooll7allcool7alocol6lacool6
Misspelling Variants of "alcool"

Frequency rank: #1,761 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alcool"?
"alcool" is spelled A-L-C-O-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \al.kɔl\.
What does "alcool" mean?
As a noun, "alcool" means: Poudre très fine.
What words are commonly confused with "alcool"?
"alcool" is commonly confused with "alcools". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alcool"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alcool" is \al.kɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alcool" come from?
"alcool" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.