benzol
\bɛ̃.zɔl\
The verdict
“benzol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné dans le commerce à la benzine du goudron de houille, un mélange de benzène, de toluène et de xylène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-benzol · benzol · French
benzol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | benzol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛ̃.zɔl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “benzol” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
benzol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛ̃.zɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné dans le commerce à la benzine du goudron de houille, un mélange de benzène, de toluène et de xylène.".
benzol has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is benzol, spelled B-E-N-Z-O-L.
Definition
- 1Nom donné dans le commerce à la benzine du goudron de houille, un mélange de benzène, de toluène et de xylène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how benzol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tableau suivant indique la correspondance entre la densité de la solution et sa teneur pondérale en tétrachlorure de carbone et en benzol.
Dès le début de la guerre, il y eut pénurie, aggravée après l’invasion des houillères du Nord et par le fait que le benzol était nécessaire à la fabrication des explosifs.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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