dioxyde de soufre
\djɔk.sid də sufʁ\
The verdict
“dioxyde de soufre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé chimique gazeux à l’odeur piquante produit par la combustion du soufre dans le dioxygène de l’air, de formule chimique SO₂, qui réagit spontanément avec l’eau de l’air ambiant pour former d...
Corpus desk
Index FR-dioxyde-de-soufre · dioxyde de soufre · French
dioxyde de soufre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dioxyde de soufre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djɔk.sid də sufʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dioxyde de soufre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dioxyde de soufre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɔk.sid də sufʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique gazeux à l’odeur piquante produit par la combustion du soufre dans le dioxygène de l’air, de formule chimique SO₂, qui réagit spontanément avec l’eau de l’air ambiant pour former d...".
dioxyde de soufre has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dioxyde de soufre, spelled D-I-O-X-Y-D-E- -D-E- -S-O-U-F-R-E.
Definition
- 1Composé chimique gazeux à l’odeur piquante produit par la combustion du soufre dans le dioxygène de l’air, de formule chimique SO₂, qui réagit spontanément avec l’eau de l’air ambiant pour former de l’acide sulfureux.
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