camphre de menthe
The verdict
“camphre de menthe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menthol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-camphre-de-menthe · camphre de menthe · French
camphre de menthe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | camphre de menthe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « camphre de menthe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
camphre de menthe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menthol.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for camphre de menthe, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 camphre de menthe, spelled C-A-M-P-H-R-E- -D-E- -M-E-N-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Menthol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how camphre de menthe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa composition, isologue avec celle du bornéol, permet peut-être de proposer pour le camphre de menthe le nom plus court de menthol.
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.