diazépam
\dja.ze.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“diazépam” 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) - Composé chimique de formule brute C₁₆H₁₃ClN₂O, utilisé en pharmacologie pour ses propriétés anxiolytiques et anticonvulsivantes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diazepam · diazépam · French
diazépam · 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 "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 | diazépam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dja.ze.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
diazépam is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dja.ze.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique de formule brute C₁₆H₁₃ClN₂O, utilisé en pharmacologie pour ses propriétés anxiolytiques et anticonvulsivantes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for diazépam, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is diazépam, spelled D-I-A-Z-É-P-A-M.
Definition
- 1Composé chimique de formule brute C₁₆H₁₃ClN₂O, utilisé en pharmacologie pour ses propriétés anxiolytiques et anticonvulsivantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diazépam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons observé une hypotension due au diazépam chez 14 de nos 33 malades traités (42,4 p. 100 des cas).
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.