électrolyte

\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\

/\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\/ noun

The verdict

“électrolyte” is uncommon French (frequency #67,227 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,227
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Milieu conducteur ionique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electrolyte · électrolyte · French

électrolyte · rank #67,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,227
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émoticônes

Nearest frequency peer: émoticônes (+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 « électrolyte »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « électrolyte » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for électrolyte
PropertyValue
Headwordélectrolyte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « électrolyte » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).électrolytetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « émoticônes » (#67,228), « édulcorants » (#67,225), « énergivore » (#67,229). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « électrolyte » est au #67,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

électrolyte is uncommon French at frequency #67,227 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Milieu conducteur ionique.".

électrolyte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented 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 électrolyte, spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-L-Y-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Milieu conducteur ionique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelle est au juste la nature du travail électrochimique qui se produit dans l’électrolyte, il est difficile de le dire, on en est réduit à des conjectures.
  2. – Son régime alimentaire était devenu tout un truc. Il prononçait des mots comme électrolytes, indices glycémiques et acides aminés. Il fallait qu’elle lui fasse de la viande à tous les repas. C’était un gouffre, sa gonflette.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "électrolyte"?
"électrolyte" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-L-Y-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\.
What does "électrolyte" mean?
As a noun, "électrolyte" means: Milieu conducteur ionique.
How do you pronounce "électrolyte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électrolyte" is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.lit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list