créosote
\kʁe.ɔ.zɔt\
The verdict
“créosote” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange complexe de substances phénolées, de crésol, de gaïcaol, etc., de saveur caustique produit par la distillation du bois ou de la houille. Il s’agit d’un produit toxique et cancérigène dont l...
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Index FR-creosote · créosote · French
créosote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | créosote |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁe.ɔ.zɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
créosote is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁe.ɔ.zɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
créosote doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is créosote, spelled C-R-É-O-S-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Mélange complexe de substances phénolées, de crésol, de gaïcaol, etc., de saveur caustique produit par la distillation du bois ou de la houille. Il s’agit d’un produit toxique et cancérigène dont l'usage est remplacé par le targobois®.
- 2Huile de créosote : Produit de la distillation du créosotier (Larrea tridentata).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how créosote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelquefois on remplace le sulfate de cuivre par la créosote, huile très-caustique que l’on obtient par la distillation du goudron de houille.
Aux quais, on respire, mais l’haleine de mai fleure ici le bitume et la créosote, hélas !
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.