amphotère
\ɑ̃.fɔ.tɛʁ\
The verdict
“amphotère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qui agit à la fois comme un acide et comme une base : qui peut fournir un ion H⁺ et capter cet ion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amphotere · amphotère · French
amphotère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | amphotère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɔ.tɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amphotère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amphotère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɔ.tɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui agit à la fois comme un acide et comme une base : qui peut fournir un ion H⁺ et capter cet ion.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for amphotère in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 amphotère, spelled A-M-P-H-O-T-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui agit à la fois comme un acide et comme une base : qui peut fournir un ion H⁺ et capter cet ion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amphotère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’eau est un composé amphotère.
This word in other languages
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.