diol
\djɔl\
The verdict
“diol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glycol, (polyalcool) possédant deux groupements hydroxyles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diol · diol · French
diol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | diol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djɔl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glycol, (polyalcool) possédant deux groupements hydroxyles.".
diol has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diol, spelled D-I-O-L.
Definition
- 1Glycol, (polyalcool) possédant deux groupements hydroxyles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La réaction qui aboutit au précurseur est effectuée en milieu basique et fait intervenir un diol et l’épichlorhydrine : puis Les deux substitutions nucléophiles successives aboutissent à l’ancrage d’une fonction oxirane (époxyde) sur le diol initial.
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.