fluorescente
\fly.ɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃t\
The verdict
“fluorescente” is uncommon French (frequency #69,097 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,097
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de fluorescent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fluorescente · fluorescente · French
fluorescente · rank #69,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,097
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fluffy
Nearest frequency peer: fluffy (-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 « fluorescente »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- flirtent
flirtent
30,907 corpus weight
- flirts
flirts
30,906 corpus weight
- fluffy
fluffy
30,905 corpus weight
- fluorescente
fluorescente
30,904 corpus weight
- fléchit
fléchit
30,903 corpus weight
- frames
frames
30,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fluorescente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fluorescente |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fly.ɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fluorescente » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fluorescente is uncommon French at frequency #69,097 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fly.ɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de fluorescent.".
fluorescente has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fluorescente, spelled F-L-U-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de fluorescent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fluorescente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin, il faut noter qu’une sonde fluorescente peut pénétrer par des mécanismes différents selon le règne cellulaire considéré : ainsi le jaune Lucifer (Lucifer Yellow) déclaré imperméant aux membranes animales est en fait transporté activement par une membrane de cellule végétale (Cole et al, 1991).
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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