carbinol
\kaʁ.bi.nɔl\
The verdict
“carbinol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Méthanol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carbinol · carbinol · French
carbinol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | carbinol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.bi.nɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carbinol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carbinol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.bi.nɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthanol.".
carbinol has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 carbinol, spelled C-A-R-B-I-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1Méthanol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carbinol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi tous les corps appartenant au genre des alcools seraient définis par la présence, dans leur molécule, d'un groupe particulier : =C-OH, auquel Kolbe a donné le nom de carbinol.
Synonyms
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.