ATP

\a.te.pe\

/\a.te.pe\/ noun

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The verdict

“ATP” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,735) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#13,735
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adénosine triphosphate, molécule produite lors de la phosphorylation de l’adénosine diphosphate (ADP) et dont l’hydrolyse est une source d’énergie pour de nombreuses réactions cellulaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atp · ATP · French

ATP · rank #13,735 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,735
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrogance

Nearest frequency peer: arrogance (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « ATP »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « ATP » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ATP vs au
0% similar
ATP vs av
0% similar
ATP vs az
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ATP
PropertyValue
HeadwordATP
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.te.pe\
Letters3
Frequency rank#13,735
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ATP »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ATPse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arrogance » (#13,734), « autorisations » (#13,736), « archéologiques » (#13,733). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ATP » est au #13,735. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ATP is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "av", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \a.te.pe\. Frequency #13,735 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Adénosine triphosphate, molécule produite lors de la phosphorylation de l’adénosine diphosphate (ADP) et dont l’hydrolyse est une source d’énergie pour de nombreuses réactions cellulaires.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ATP, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "av", "az", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ATP, spelled A-T-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adénosine triphosphate, molécule produite lors de la phosphorylation de l’adénosine diphosphate (ADP) et dont l’hydrolyse est une source d’énergie pour de nombreuses réactions cellulaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’utilisation de l’oxygène et la production d’ATP pour la contraction musculaire dépendent aussi du nombre et de l’activité des mitochondries.
  2. En effet, pour fonctionner, une cellule a besoin d’énergie (ATP) qu’elle fabrique à partir d’oxygène et d’autres substances.

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 "ATP"?
"ATP" is spelled A-T-P. The IPA pronunciation is \a.te.pe\.
What does "ATP" mean?
As a noun, "ATP" means: Adénosine triphosphate, molécule produite lors de la phosphorylation de l’adénosine diphosphate (ADP) et dont l’hydrolyse est une source d’énergie pour de nombreuses réactions cellulaires.
What words are commonly confused with "ATP"?
"ATP" is commonly confused with "au", "av", "az". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ATP"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ATP" is \a.te.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ATP" come from?
"ATP" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

CPE#13,762dei#13,767mad#13,833mod#13,637

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list