duboisine
\dy.bwa.zin\
The verdict
“duboisine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcaloïde extrait de certaines duboisies, aujourd’hui assimilé à l’hyoscyamine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duboisine · duboisine · French
duboisine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | duboisine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dy.bwa.zin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
duboisine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dy.bwa.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloïde extrait de certaines duboisies, aujourd’hui assimilé à l’hyoscyamine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for duboisine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is duboisine, spelled D-U-B-O-I-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Alcaloïde extrait de certaines duboisies, aujourd’hui assimilé à l’hyoscyamine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duboisine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Duboisia hopwoodii" contient différents alcaloïdes fortement stimulants mais aussi toxiques : la piturine, la duboisine, et la nicotine.
On lui doit l’introduction de la duboisine comme traitement de la maladie de Parkinson.
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.