amyloïde
\a.mi.lɔ.id\
The verdict
“amyloïde” is uncommon French (frequency #86,402 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,402
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont la forme rappelle celle de l’amidon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amyloide · amyloïde · French
amyloïde · rank #86,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,402
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amuseur
Nearest frequency peer: amuseur (-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 « amyloïde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- almond
almond
13,602 corpus weight
- Amphipolis
Amphipolis
13,601 corpus weight
- amuseur
amuseur
13,600 corpus weight
- amyloïde
amyloïde
13,599 corpus weight
- anamnèse
anamnèse
13,598 corpus weight
- angiographie
angiographie
13,595 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amyloïde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amyloïde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.mi.lɔ.id\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amyloïde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amyloïde is uncommon French at frequency #86,402 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.mi.lɔ.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
amyloïde has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is amyloïde, spelled A-M-Y-L-O-Ï-D-E.
Definition
- 1Dont la forme rappelle celle de l’amidon.
- 2De la nature de l’amidon, ou réagissant comme de l’amidon au contact de l’iode.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amyloïde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le type annellé s’oppose au précédent; il est dépourvu de nasse, mais possède (du moins en principe, car une évolution régressive les a souvent rudimentarisés ou supprimés) un ou plusieurs anneaux apicaux ; on les voit distincts ou soudés, et ils sont amyloïdes ou non.
Des chercheurs suisses et italiens confirment ainsi qu’une corrélation existe entre un déséquilibre du microbiote intestinal et le développement des plaques amyloïdes dans le cerveau humain responsables de l’apparition de la démence.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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