elixir
The verdict
“elixir” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,487 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,487
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élixir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elixir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “elixir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for elixir is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #67,487 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1Élixir.
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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Using “elixir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-L-I-X-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.