dispersant
\dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“dispersant” is uncommon French (frequency #68,991 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,991
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjuvant qui a la propriété de maintenir en suspension des particules se trouvant dans un bain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dispersant · dispersant · French
dispersant · rank #68,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,991
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dissipent
Nearest frequency peer: dissipent (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dispersant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dirigerait
dirigerait
31,013 corpus weight
- discriminan…
discriminante
31,012 corpus weight
- dispersant
dispersant
31,010 corpus weight
- dissipent
dissipent
31,009 corpus weight
- dissèque
dissèque
31,008 corpus weight
- divaguer
divaguer
31,007 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dispersant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dispersant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dispersant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dispersant is uncommon French at frequency #68,991 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.pɛʁ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adjuvant qui a la propriété de maintenir en suspension des particules se trouvant dans un bain.".
dispersant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dispersant, spelled D-I-S-P-E-R-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Adjuvant qui a la propriété de maintenir en suspension des particules se trouvant dans un bain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dispersant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La société Oil spill response limited (OSRL, basée en Grande-Bretagne) doit prendre part à l’opération d’urgence et livrer 210 tonnes de dispersants, des produits chimiques utilisés pour limiter la pollution d’hydrocarbures, a-t-il précisé.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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