glucide

\ɡly.sid\

/\ɡly.sid\/ noun

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The verdict

“glucide” is uncommon French (frequency #83,911 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,911
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de molécule composée de carbone, d’hydrogène et d’oxygène, un des constituants essentiels des êtres vivants, qui correspond aux molécules des sucres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-glucide · glucide · French

glucide · rank #83,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glycérol

Nearest frequency peer: glycérol (+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 « glucide »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « glucide » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for glucide
PropertyValue
Headwordglucide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡly.sid\
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « glucide » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).glucidetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « glycérol » (#83,912), « glyphe » (#83,913), « gores » (#83,914). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « glucide » est au #83,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glucide is uncommon French at frequency #83,911 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡly.sid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de molécule composée de carbone, d’hydrogène et d’oxygène, un des constituants essentiels des êtres vivants, qui correspond aux molécules des sucres.".

glucide has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is glucide, spelled G-L-U-C-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de molécule composée de carbone, d’hydrogène et d’oxygène, un des constituants essentiels des êtres vivants, qui correspond aux molécules des sucres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how glucide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le jaune d’œuf contient des lipides, des protéines, des glucides, des minéraux, des vitamines et de l'eau. L'eau constitue 48 % de la masse totale du jaune. — (Reproduction des animaux d’élevage, Educagri, 2005, page 348)
  2. Les deux vagues de vieillissement observées ne portent pas sur les mêmes éléments. Celle constatée à 44 ans concerne des molécules liées aux maladies cardiovasculaires et à la capacité de métaboliser la caféine, l'alcool et les lipides. Quant à celle des 60 ans, elle est davantage liée à des molécules impliquées dans la régulation immunitaire, le métaboli…

Synonyms

hydrate de carbonesaccharide

This word in other languages

carbohydrate(English)Kohlenhydrat(Deutsch)carboidrato(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glucide"?
"glucide" is spelled G-L-U-C-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡly.sid\.
What does "glucide" mean?
As a noun, "glucide" means: Type de molécule composée de carbone, d’hydrogène et d’oxygène, un des constituants essentiels des êtres vivants, qui correspond aux molécules des sucres.
How do you pronounce "glucide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glucide" is \ɡly.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glucide" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "glucide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gerbant#83,907Gregori#83,918Guimond#83,921Freitas#83,896

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list