dextrorotatoire
\dɛks.tʁo.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\
The verdict
“dextrorotatoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de dextrogyre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dextrorotatoire · dextrorotatoire · French
dextrorotatoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dextrorotatoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛks.tʁo.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dextrorotatoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dextrorotatoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dɛks.tʁo.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de dextrogyre.".
dextrorotatoire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dextrorotatoire, spelled D-E-X-T-R-O-R-O-T-A-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de dextrogyre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dextrorotatoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'acide tartrique est dextrorotatoire dans les conditions ordinaires, mais il devient lævorotatoire pour les rayons bleus dans une solution de l'acide sulfurique, ….
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.