glucoside

noun

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The verdict

“glucoside” 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 May 6, 2026) - Molécule formée de l'association d'une molécule appartenant à la famille des oses (telle que le glucose, le fructose, le mannose, le ribose...) et d'une autre molécule d’origine non glucidique.

Key facts for glucoside
PropertyValue
Headwordglucoside
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “glucoside” sits in French frequency

glucoside falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glucoside is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Molécule formée de l'association d'une molécule appartenant à la famille des oses (telle que le glucose, le fructose, le mannose, le ribose...) et d'une autre molécule d’origine non glucidique.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for glucoside, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is glucoside, spelled G-L-U-C-O-S-I-D-E.

Definition

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    Molécule formée de l'association d'une molécule appartenant à la famille des oses (telle que le glucose, le fructose, le mannose, le ribose...) et d'une autre molécule d’origine non glucidique.

This word in other languages

glucoside(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glucoside"?
"glucoside" is spelled G-L-U-C-O-S-I-D-E.
What does "glucoside" mean?
As a noun, "glucoside" means: Molécule formée de l'association d'une molécule appartenant à la famille des oses (telle que le glucose, le fructose, le mannose, le ribose...) et d'une autre molécule d’origine non glucidique.
What language does "glucoside" come from?
"glucoside" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “glucoside”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-L-U-C-O-S-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list