édulcorant

\e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\

/\e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“édulcorant” is uncommon French (frequency #70,331 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,331
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui donne une saveur douce et sucrée aux aliments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-edulcorant · édulcorant · French

édulcorant · rank #70,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,331
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 40,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH édulcoré

Nearest frequency peer: édulcoré (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “édulcorant”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “édulcorant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for édulcorant
PropertyValue
Headwordédulcorant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,331
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “édulcorant” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). édulcorant lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

édulcorant is uncommon French at frequency #70,331 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui donne une saveur douce et sucrée aux aliments.".

Zero misspellings are on record for édulcorant in our index, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is édulcorant, spelled É-D-U-L-C-O-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui donne une saveur douce et sucrée aux aliments.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how édulcorant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si une partie de la propriété édulcorante du sucre lui est enlevée pendant la pulvérisation, elle lui est rendue pendant sa transformation en sirop.
  2. Les arômes contribuent à rendre le produit agréable au palais, ce qui dépend essentiellement de la présence de produits laitiers ou de la matière édulcorante dans la formule.

This word in other languages

sweetener(English)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "édulcorant"?
"édulcorant" is spelled É-D-U-L-C-O-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "édulcorant" mean?
As an adjective, "édulcorant" means: Qui donne une saveur douce et sucrée aux aliments.
How do you pronounce "édulcorant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "édulcorant" is \e.dyl.kɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "édulcorant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "édulcorant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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