autoclave
\o.to.klav\
The verdict
“autoclave” is uncommon French (frequency #77,249 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,249
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se ferme soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autoclave · autoclave · French
autoclave · rank #77,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,249
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH australis
Nearest frequency peer: australis (-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 « autoclave »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attitrés
attitrés
22,755 corpus weight
- augmentons
augmentons
22,754 corpus weight
- australis
australis
22,753 corpus weight
- autoclave
autoclave
22,752 corpus weight
- autofiction
autofiction
22,751 corpus weight
- automnes
automnes
22,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « autoclave » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autoclave |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \o.to.klav\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autoclave » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autoclave is uncommon French at frequency #77,249 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \o.to.klav\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for autoclave, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is autoclave, spelled A-U-T-O-C-L-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se ferme soi-même.
- 2Qui a subi un passage en autoclave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how autoclave appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partager en quatre les frais d’un mobile home, c’est d’abord répartir entre quatre gars adultes, en général bien charpentés, les cinq possibilités de couchage prévues par le constructeur. Cuisine, salle d’eau, salon, coin repas, trois chambres. Le tout dans un espace vital, par projection au sol, de 34 m². Auquel s’ajoute une terrasse de 15 m² en pin auto…
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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