cyanure de potassium

\sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\

/\sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“cyanure de potassium” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (nom UICPA) Sel de l’acide cyanhydrique et de l’hydroxyde de potassium de formule brute KCN, ce composé chimique incolore, solide dans les conditions normales de température et de pression est haut...

Key facts for cyanure de potassium
PropertyValue
Headwordcyanure de potassium
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cyanure de potassium” sits in French frequency

cyanure de potassium falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cyanure de potassium is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(nom UICPA) Sel de l’acide cyanhydrique et de l’hydroxyde de potassium de formule brute KCN, ce composé chimique incolore, solide dans les conditions normales de température et de pression est haut...".

Zero misspellings are on record for cyanure de potassium in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cyanure de potassium, spelled C-Y-A-N-U-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    (nom UICPA) Sel de l’acide cyanhydrique et de l’hydroxyde de potassium de formule brute KCN, ce composé chimique incolore, solide dans les conditions normales de température et de pression est hautement toxique.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cyanure de potassium"?
"cyanure de potassium" is spelled C-Y-A-N-U-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\.
What does "cyanure de potassium" mean?
As a noun, "cyanure de potassium" means: (nom UICPA) Sel de l’acide cyanhydrique et de l’hydroxyde de potassium de formule brute KCN, ce composé chimique incolore, solide dans les conditions normales de température et de pression est haut...
How do you pronounce "cyanure de potassium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cyanure de potassium" is \sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cyanure de potassium" come from?
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Using “cyanure de potassium”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-Y-A-N-U-R-E- -D-E- -P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sja.nyʁ də pɔ.ta.sjɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list