colostrum
\kɔ.lɔs.tʁɔm\
The verdict
“colostrum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier lait des femmes après leur délivrance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colostrum · colostrum · French
colostrum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | colostrum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.lɔs.tʁɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
colostrum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.lɔs.tʁɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for colostrum, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is colostrum, spelled C-O-L-O-S-T-R-U-M.
Definition
- 1Premier lait des femmes après leur délivrance.
- 2Premier lait des femelles des mammifères après la mise bas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colostrum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La face cireuse, encadrée de cheveux fous collés par mèches, n’exprime plus rien, n’est plus que ce trou par où l’automate — que nous habitons tous — maintient l’effort d’une soufflerie mise en marche pour la petite Paule Pluvignec crachant le colostrum des commencements, remplacé aujourd’hui par la mousse blanche de la fin.
Il existe trois types de lait maternel : le colostrum, le lait de transition et le lait mature. Le colostrum, sécrété dans les trois premiers jours, est composé de sucres rares et de globules blancs, qui permettront au bébé de se défendre contre des infections en fabriquant des anticorps.
This word in other languages
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