atropine

\a.tʁɔ.pin\

/\a.tʁɔ.pin\/ noun

The verdict

“atropine” is uncommon French (frequency #55,061 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,061
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcaloïde à noyau tropane, très toxique, tiré, entre autre, de la belladone. C'est un antagoniste cholinergique muscarinique qui provoque la dilatation des pupilles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-atropine · atropine · French

atropine · rank #55,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,061
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH astros

Nearest frequency peer: astros (-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 « atropine »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for atropine
PropertyValue
Headwordatropine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.tʁɔ.pin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « atropine » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « astros » (#55,060), « attachait » (#55,062), « astreintes » (#55,059). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « atropine » est au #55,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

atropine is uncommon French at frequency #55,061 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.tʁɔ.pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloïde à noyau tropane, très toxique, tiré, entre autre, de la belladone. C'est un antagoniste cholinergique muscarinique qui provoque la dilatation des pupilles.".

Zero misspellings are on record for atropine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is atropine, spelled A-T-R-O-P-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alcaloïde à noyau tropane, très toxique, tiré, entre autre, de la belladone. C'est un antagoniste cholinergique muscarinique qui provoque la dilatation des pupilles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un cobaye de 300 grammes ou une souris de 20 grammes supportent plus d’un centigramme d’atropine injecté sous la peau.
  2. La physostigmine, agoniste muscarinique (qui stimule l’action de l’acétylcholine), déclenche des bâillements, alors que l’atropine, antagoniste de l’acétylcholine, les inhibe.

Synonyms

corémèginehyoscyamine

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atropine"?
"atropine" is spelled A-T-R-O-P-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.tʁɔ.pin\.
What does "atropine" mean?
As a noun, "atropine" means: Alcaloïde à noyau tropane, très toxique, tiré, entre autre, de la belladone. C'est un antagoniste cholinergique muscarinique qui provoque la dilatation des pupilles.
How do you pronounce "atropine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atropine" is \a.tʁɔ.pin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list