dioxyde de carbone

\djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\

/\djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“dioxyde de carbone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gaz inodore dont la formule est CO₂. Essentiellement produit par l’utilisation de combustibles fossiles et par le métabolisme des êtres vivants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dioxyde-de-carbone · dioxyde de carbone · French

dioxyde de carbone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for dioxyde de carbone
PropertyValue
Headworddioxyde de carbone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dioxyde de carbone” sits in French frequency

dioxyde de carbone falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dioxyde de carbone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaz inodore dont la formule est CO₂. Essentiellement produit par l’utilisation de combustibles fossiles et par le métabolisme des êtres vivants.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dioxyde de carbone, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dioxyde de carbone, spelled D-I-O-X-Y-D-E- -D-E- -C-A-R-B-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gaz inodore dont la formule est CO₂. Essentiellement produit par l’utilisation de combustibles fossiles et par le métabolisme des êtres vivants.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dioxyde de carbone"?
"dioxyde de carbone" is spelled D-I-O-X-Y-D-E- -D-E- -C-A-R-B-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\.
What does "dioxyde de carbone" mean?
As a noun, "dioxyde de carbone" means: Gaz inodore dont la formule est CO₂. Essentiellement produit par l’utilisation de combustibles fossiles et par le métabolisme des êtres vivants.
How do you pronounce "dioxyde de carbone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dioxyde de carbone" is \djɔk.sid də kaʁ.bɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dioxyde de carbone" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list