alcool de bois
\al.kɔl də bwa\
The verdict
“alcool de bois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Méthanol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alcool-de-bois · alcool de bois · French
alcool de bois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcool de bois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.kɔl də bwa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
alcool de bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.kɔl də bwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthanol.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alcool de bois, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is alcool de bois, spelled A-L-C-O-O-L- -D-E- -B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Méthanol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alcool de bois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marqué par les pratiques des négociants qui distribuent de l'alcool gratuitement aux non-buveurs jusqu’à ce que l’habitude vienne, renforcé par des drames collectifs dus à l’ingestion d’alcools de bois illégalement distillés (254 morts lors d'une noce en 1979), illustré par l’échec de la prohibition étatique, le problème de l'alcool alimente les anciennes…
– Et ces maladies, qui donc nous les a apportées ? Et le mezcal qui coule à flots, l’alcool de bois qui rend aveugle et fou, qui donc ? C’est pour ça que je me bats, pour que ça cesse ! Notre chef est un grand chamane, respecté, il est sous la protection de la Terre Mère. Il se nomme Guu Ji Ya.
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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.