amide

\a.mid\

/\a.mid\/ noun

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The verdict

“amide” is uncommon French (frequency #95,529 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,529
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé organique dérivé d’un acide carboxylique par substitution du groupe hydroxyle par un substituant azoté (ammoniac ou amine), de formule générale R₁−CO−N(R₂)(R₃).

Corpus desk

Index FR-amide · amide · French

amide · rank #95,529 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,529
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH amoris

Nearest frequency peer: amoris (+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 « amide »

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 « amide » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for amide
PropertyValue
Headwordamide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mid\
Letters5
Frequency rank#95,529
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « amide » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.amidetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « amoris » (#95,530), « anamorphose » (#95,531), « Altona » (#95,526). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amide » est au #95,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

amide is uncommon French at frequency #95,529 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé organique dérivé d’un acide carboxylique par substitution du groupe hydroxyle par un substituant azoté (ammoniac ou amine), de formule générale R₁−CO−N(R₂)(R₃).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for amide in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is amide, spelled A-M-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composé organique dérivé d’un acide carboxylique par substitution du groupe hydroxyle par un substituant azoté (ammoniac ou amine), de formule générale R₁−CO−N(R₂)(R₃).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le sel dans lequel se convertit cet amide, par l'action prolongée de l'ammoniaque, est un sel amido-ammoniacal, dont les deux tiers de l'azote sont à l'état d'ammoniaque ou d'ammonium, et l'autre tiers à l'état d’amide.
  2. Les amides sont obtenues en partant de l'ammoniac par substitution à l'hydrogène de AzH₃, d'un radical acide (acétyle, etc.).

This word in other languages

amide(English)amida(Español)Amid(Deutsch)

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 "amide"?
"amide" is spelled A-M-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mid\.
What does "amide" mean?
As a noun, "amide" means: Composé organique dérivé d’un acide carboxylique par substitution du groupe hydroxyle par un substituant azoté (ammoniac ou amine), de formule générale R₁−CO−N(R₂)(R₃).
How do you pronounce "amide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amide" is \a.mid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list