éthylène glycol
\e.ti.lɛn ɡli.kɔl\
The verdict
“éthylène glycol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Composé organique liquide, incolore et toxique de formule brute C₂H₆O₂, utilisé comme dégivrant et comme antigel ; c’est le plus simple des glycols.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éthylène glycol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ti.lɛn ɡli.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éthylène glycol” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
éthylène glycol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ti.lɛn ɡli.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for éthylène glycol in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is éthylène glycol, spelled É-T-H-Y-L-È-N-E- -G-L-Y-C-O-L.
Definition
- 1Composé organique liquide, incolore et toxique de formule brute C₂H₆O₂, utilisé comme dégivrant et comme antigel ; c’est le plus simple des glycols.
- 2La molécule au sens 1, ou un de ses polymères, surtout un de ses oligomères, aussi un mélange de ces substances, voire une formulation basée sur celles-ci.
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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.
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Using “éthylène glycol”
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- The one correct French spelling is É-T-H-Y-L-È-N-E- -G-L-Y-C-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ti.lɛn ɡli.kɔl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.