fullerène
\fy.lə.ʁɛn\
The verdict
“fullerène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molécule composée d’atomes de carbone, d’une forme d’une sphère, d’un ellipsoïde, d’un tube ou d’un anneau, distinguée du diamant, du graphite et du carbone amorphe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fullerene · fullerène · French
fullerène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fullerène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fy.lə.ʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fullerène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fy.lə.ʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fullerène, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 fullerène, spelled F-U-L-L-E-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Molécule composée d’atomes de carbone, d’une forme d’une sphère, d’un ellipsoïde, d’un tube ou d’un anneau, distinguée du diamant, du graphite et du carbone amorphe.
- 2Matière composée de ces molécules.
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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.