atropine
\a.tʁɔ.pin\
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
- astreintes
astreintes
44,942 corpus weight
- astros
astros
44,941 corpus weight
- atropine
atropine
44,940 corpus weight
- attachait
attachait
44,939 corpus weight
- atteignirent
atteignirent
44,938 corpus weight
- attestés
attestés
44,937 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « atropine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atropine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.tʁɔ.pin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « atropine » en français
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
- 1Alcaloïde 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how atropine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un cobaye de 300 grammes ou une souris de 20 grammes supportent plus d’un centigramme d’atropine injecté sous la peau.
La physostigmine, agoniste muscarinique (qui stimule l’action de l’acétylcholine), déclenche des bâillements, alors que l’atropine, antagoniste de l’acétylcholine, les inhibe.
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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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