chiral
\ki.ʁal\
The verdict
“chiral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un objet, non superposable à son image par symétrie miroir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chiral · chiral · French
chiral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chiral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ki.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chiral » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chiral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ki.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un objet, non superposable à son image par symétrie miroir.".
chiral doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chiral, spelled C-H-I-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un objet, non superposable à son image par symétrie miroir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chiral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout objet chiral n’est donc pas symétrique puisque la symétrie se produit lorsque des objets ont des images miroir identiques le long d’un plan.
Antonyms
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.