cholestérol

\kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\

/\kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“cholestérol” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,086
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lipide de la famille des stérols qui joue un rôle central dans de nombreux processus biochimiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cholesterol · cholestérol · French

cholestérol · rank #20,086 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,086
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chiites

Nearest frequency peer: chiites (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cholestérol »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cholestérol » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cholestérol
PropertyValue
Headwordcholestérol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,086
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cholestérol »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cholestérolse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chiites » (#20,085), « chercheuse » (#20,084), « ciblée » (#20,088). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cholestérol » est au #20,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around cholestérol (IPA \kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,086 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lipide de la famille des stérols qui joue un rôle central dans de nombreux processus biochimiques.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for cholestérol, with forms such as "ccholestérol", "chholestérol", and "chloestérol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cholestérol, spelled C-H-O-L-E-S-T-É-R-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lipide de la famille des stérols qui joue un rôle central dans de nombreux processus biochimiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cholestérol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur des rats carencés et héméralopes, Yozo Sujita a constaté l’altération lipoïdique de l’épithélium pigmentaire rétinien, caractérisée entre autres lésions par l'amas d’esters de cholestérol, les cellules atteintes de stéatose apparaissant remplies de substances lipidiques.
  2. Classe la plus ancienne, les résines empêchent l’absorption intestinale du cholestérol.

This word in other languages

cholesterol(English)colesterol(Español)Cholesterin(Deutsch)colesterol(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccholestérol
  • chholestérol
  • chloestérol
  • choelstérol
  • cholesstérol
  • cholesterol
  • cholestréol
  • cholesttérol
  • cholestéorl
  • cholestérlo
  • cholestéroll
  • cholestérrol
  • cholesétrol
  • choletsérol
  • chollestérol
  • cholsetérol
  • cohlestérol
  • hcolestérol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cholestérol - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccholestérol1chholestérol1chloestérol2choelstérol2cholesstérol1cholesterol1cholestréol2cholesttérol1
Edit distance from "cholestérol"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cholestérol"?
"cholestérol" is spelled C-H-O-L-E-S-T-É-R-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\.
What does "cholestérol" mean?
As a noun, "cholestérol" means: Lipide de la famille des stérols qui joue un rôle central dans de nombreux processus biochimiques.
What are common misspellings of "cholestérol"?
Common misspellings include "ccholestérol", "chholestérol", "chloestérol", "choelstérol", "cholesstérol". The correct spelling is "cholestérol".
How do you pronounce "cholestérol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cholestérol" is \kɔ.lɛs.te.ʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cholestérol" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cholestérol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

Centrafrique18 variantsconsommations18 variantsembouteillages18 variantsimpartialité18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list