alcoolo-dépendance
\al.kɔ.lo.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“alcoolo-dépendance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - → voir alcoolodépendance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alcoolo-dependance · alcoolo-dépendance · French
alcoolo-dépendance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | alcoolo-dépendance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.kɔ.lo.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
alcoolo-dépendance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.kɔ.lo.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "→ voir alcoolodépendance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alcoolo-dépendance, 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is alcoolo-dépendance, spelled A-L-C-O-O-L-O---D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1→ voir alcoolodépendance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alcoolo-dépendance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Néanmoins, et sans doute parce que la nature du produit peut être aisément établie dans ce type de toxicomanie qu’est l’alcoolisme, l’alcoologie en parle en termes d’alcoolo-dépendance.
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.