antibactérien

\ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\

/\ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“antibactérien” is uncommon French (frequency #89,381 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,381
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui détruit les bactéries.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antibacterien · antibactérien · French

antibactérien · rank #89,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,381
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH anthropomorph…

Nearest frequency peer: anthropomorphes (-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 « antibactérien »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for antibactérien
PropertyValue
Headwordantibactérien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#89,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antibactérien » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « anthropomorphes » (#89,380), « Anselm » (#89,379), « anéantissant » (#89,383). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « antibactérien » est au #89,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antibactérien is uncommon French at frequency #89,381 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui détruit les bactéries.".

antibactérien has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is antibactérien, spelled A-N-T-I-B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui détruit les bactéries.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sous la pression des événements, le regard occidental sur cette arme antibactérienne commence à changer.
  2. Il a vu ses marques d’entretien ménager progresser de 19 % en 2020, l’un de ses produits antibactériens progressant même de 22,5 %.

Synonyms

bactéricide

This word in other languages

antibacterial(English)antibacteriano(Español)

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 "antibactérien"?
"antibactérien" is spelled A-N-T-I-B-A-C-T-É-R-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\.
What does "antibactérien" mean?
As an adjective, "antibactérien" means: Qui détruit les bactéries.
How do you pronounce "antibactérien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antibactérien" is \ɑ̃.ti.bak.te.ʁjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antibactérien" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

astronautique#89,409atteindraient#89,412Wolverhampton#89,312volontaristes#89,300

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list