corps pur
\kɔʁ pyʁ\
The verdict
“corps pur” 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) - Corps qui ne contient qu’une seule espèce chimique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-corps-pur · corps pur · French
corps pur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | corps pur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ pyʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « corps pur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
corps pur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ pyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corps qui ne contient qu’une seule espèce chimique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for corps pur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is corps pur, spelled C-O-R-P-S- -P-U-R.
Definition
- 1Corps qui ne contient qu’une seule espèce chimique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how corps pur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il montra aussi qu’une très petite quantité de ce corps pur suffisait à induire le cancer, et que d’autres hydrocarbures polycycliques avaient le même pouvoir.
Proust donne un critère expérimental pour distinguer les corps purs des mélanges, c'est l’invariabilité de leur composition élémentaire quantitative. Il l’appelle pondus naturae, loi naturelle, une expression déjà utilisée par Stahl (1723).
Antonyms
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.