carboxyle
\kaʁ.bɔk.sil\
The verdict
“carboxyle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Radical de formule générale R-CO-OH.
Corpus desk
Index FR-carboxyle · carboxyle · French
carboxyle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | carboxyle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʁ.bɔk.sil\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « carboxyle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
carboxyle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.bɔk.sil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Radical de formule générale R-CO-OH.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carboxyle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is carboxyle, spelled C-A-R-B-O-X-Y-L-E.
Definition
- 1Radical de formule générale R-CO-OH.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carboxyle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les groupements acétyle, propionyle et butyryle sont des carboxyles primaires.
This word in other languages
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.