ammoniacal
\a.mɔ.nja.kal\
The verdict
“ammoniacal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à l’ammoniaque, qui en contient, qui en a l’odeur ou les propriétés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ammoniacal · ammoniacal · French
ammoniacal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | ammoniacal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.mɔ.nja.kal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ammoniacal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ammoniacal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.mɔ.nja.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport à l’ammoniaque, qui en contient, qui en a l’odeur ou les propriétés.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ammoniacal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ammoniacal, spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-A-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à l’ammoniaque, qui en contient, qui en a l’odeur ou les propriétés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ammoniacal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et Jean, resté seul, termina sa besogne, déposant tous les dix mètres des fourchées de fumier, qui dégageaient un redoublement de vapeurs ammoniacales.
La solution d'ammoniaque est utilisée dans l'industrie pour le dégraissage, la fabrication des sels ammoniacaux.
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.