céramide
\se.ʁa.mid\
The verdict
“céramide” 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) - Molécule organique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ceramide · céramide · French
céramide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | céramide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.ʁa.mid\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « céramide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
céramide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ʁa.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Molécule organique.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for céramide, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is céramide, spelled C-É-R-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Molécule organique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how céramide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eye Lift, lui, est un anti-poches anti-cernes contenant des plantes décongestionnantes, du silicium organique, des céramides, de la vitamine E qui stimulent la microcirculation et freinent les infiltrations d’eau (prix indicatif : 220 F).
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.