fructose
\fʁyk.toz\
The verdict
“fructose” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,453
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Monosaccharide du groupe des cétoses et des hexoses présent dans les fruits et le miel; il constitue l’un des deux hexoses du saccharose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fructose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fʁyk.toz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fructose” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fructose (IPA \fʁyk.toz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,453 among 137,178 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Monosaccharide du groupe des cétoses et des hexoses présent dans les fruits et le miel; il constitue l’un des deux hexoses du saccharose.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fructose, with forms such as "ffructose", "frcutose", and "frructose". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fructose, spelled F-R-U-C-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Monosaccharide du groupe des cétoses et des hexoses présent dans les fruits et le miel; il constitue l’un des deux hexoses du saccharose.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffructose
- frcutose
- frructose
- frucctose
- frucotse
- fructoes
- fructosse
- fructsoe
- fructtose
- frutcose
- furctose
- rfuctose
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fructose - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “fructose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-R-U-C-T-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fʁyk.toz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.