chloroforme
\klɔ.ʁɔ.fɔʁm\
The verdict
“chloroforme” is uncommon French (frequency #51,352 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,352
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel du trichlorométhane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chloroforme · chloroforme · French
chloroforme · rank #51,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,352
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chipoter
Nearest frequency peer: chipoter (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chloroforme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chennai
Chennai
48,652 corpus weight
- cheque
cheque
48,651 corpus weight
- chipoter
chipoter
48,650 corpus weight
- chloroforme
chloroforme
48,649 corpus weight
- choose
choose
48,648 corpus weight
- cin
cin
48,646 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chloroforme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chloroforme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɔ.ʁɔ.fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chloroforme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chloroforme is uncommon French at frequency #51,352 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɔ.ʁɔ.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom usuel du trichlorométhane.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chloroforme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 chloroforme, spelled C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel du trichlorométhane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chloroforme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chloroforme ou formène trichloré a été découvert en 1831 par Soubeyran en France et par Liebig en Allemagne.
La mère envoya de l’argent, mais elle joignit à son envoi un flacon de chloroforme en lui recommandant de le boire pour échapper au déshonneur.
Synonyms
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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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