elixir

noun

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The verdict

“elixir” is uncommon French (frequency #67,487 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,487
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-elixir · elixir · French

elixir · rank #67,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,487
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH einem

Nearest frequency peer: einem (-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 « elixir »

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 « elixir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for elixir
PropertyValue
Headwordelixir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « elixir » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.elixirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « einem » (#67,486), « embrigadement » (#67,488), « empowerment » (#67,489). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « elixir » est au #67,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

elixir is uncommon French at frequency #67,487 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Élixir.".

No misspelling variants are generated for elixir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 elixir, spelled E-L-I-X-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élixir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elixir vitae.

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 "elixir"?
"elixir" is spelled E-L-I-X-I-R.
What does "elixir" mean?
As a noun, "elixir" means: Élixir.
What language does "elixir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

décrue#67,462Doumer#67,455filmez#67,520foutra#67,526

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list