chaîne latérale
\ʃɛn la.te.ʁal\
The verdict
“chaîne latérale” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partie d’une molécule rattachée au cœur ou à la chaîne principale de la structure.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chaîne latérale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛn la.te.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chaîne latérale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chaîne latérale is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɛn la.te.ʁal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for chaîne latérale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chaîne latérale, spelled C-H-A-Î-N-E- -L-A-T-É-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Partie d’une molécule rattachée au cœur ou à la chaîne principale de la structure.
- 2Dans la structure d'un acide aminé, chaîne carbonée rattachée au carbone asymétrique et qui distingue les différents acides aminés.
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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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Using “chaîne latérale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-Î-N-E- -L-A-T-É-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛn la.te.ʁal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.