diatomique
\di.a.tɔ.mik\
The verdict
“diatomique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un atome qui a deux points d’attraction, qui peut se combiner avec un ou deux équivalents.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diatomique · diatomique · French
diatomique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | diatomique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.a.tɔ.mik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
diatomique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.a.tɔ.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for diatomique in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 diatomique, spelled D-I-A-T-O-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un atome qui a deux points d’attraction, qui peut se combiner avec un ou deux équivalents.
- 2Qui comporte deux atomes.
- 3Qualifiait un alcool ou un phénol qui porte deux fonctions alcool (-OH).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diatomique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une molécule diatomique.
Le gaïacol C₆H₄.OH.OCH₃ est un éther monométhylique d’un phénol diatomique, la pyrocatéchine C₆H₄(OH)₂.
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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.