cyclohexane
\si.klɔ.ɛɡ.zan\
The verdict
“cyclohexane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hydrocarbure toxique et inflammable de formule brutee C₆H₁₂.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cyclohexane · cyclohexane · French
cyclohexane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | cyclohexane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.klɔ.ɛɡ.zan\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cyclohexane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cyclohexane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.klɔ.ɛɡ.zan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hydrocarbure toxique et inflammable de formule brutee C₆H₁₂.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cyclohexane in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cyclohexane, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-H-E-X-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Hydrocarbure toxique et inflammable de formule brutee C₆H₁₂.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cyclohexane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cyclohexane est utilisé comme solvant dans l’industrie chimique.
Il suffit de repenser à l’explosion due au rejet accidentel de cinquante tonnes de cyclohexane survenue le 1ᵉʳ juin 1974 dans une usine de l'industrie chimique Nypro, à Flixborough.
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.