alcoolase
\al.ko.laz\
The verdict
“alcoolase” 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) - Diastase de la levure de bière qui transforme le glucose en alcool et en acide carbonique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alcoolase · alcoolase · French
alcoolase · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alcoolase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ko.laz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alcoolase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alcoolase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ko.laz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diastase de la levure de bière qui transforme le glucose en alcool et en acide carbonique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcoolase, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is alcoolase, spelled A-L-C-O-O-L-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Diastase de la levure de bière qui transforme le glucose en alcool et en acide carbonique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alcoolase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La preuve de cette identité fut apportée ultérieurement par Büchner, qui, par compression, put extraire l'alcoolase de la levure de bière.
Synonyms
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.