chlordécone
\klɔʁ.de.kɔn\
The verdict
“chlordécone” is uncommon French (frequency #66,586 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,586
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé organochloré polycyclique synthétisé par dimérisation de l’hexachlorocyclopentadiène et de formule chimique C₁₀Cl₁₀O utilisé comme insecticide systémique notamment dans les bananeraies aux ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chlordécone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɔʁ.de.kɔn\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chlordécone” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chlordécone is uncommon French at frequency #66,586 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɔʁ.de.kɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé organochloré polycyclique synthétisé par dimérisation de l’hexachlorocyclopentadiène et de formule chimique C₁₀Cl₁₀O utilisé comme insecticide systémique notamment dans les bananeraies aux ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for chlordécone in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chlordécone, spelled C-H-L-O-R-D-É-C-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Composé organochloré polycyclique synthétisé par dimérisation de l’hexachlorocyclopentadiène et de formule chimique C₁₀Cl₁₀O utilisé comme insecticide systémique notamment dans les bananeraies aux Antilles contre le charançon du bananier ; il est considéré comme un polluant organique persistant.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-L-O-R-D-É-C-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.