glyphosate
\ɡli.fo.zat\
The verdict
“glyphosate” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,106
- frequency rank, French
- 194,371
- “G” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aminophosphonate de formule brute C₃H₈NO₅P, à usage d'herbicide de nombreuses graminées et de nombreuses dicotylédones, annuelles ou vivaces, et qui n'est sélectif d'aucune culture.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glyphosate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡli.fo.zat\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #34,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glyphosate” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around glyphosate (IPA \ɡli.fo.zat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,106 among 194,371 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Aminophosphonate de formule brute C₃H₈NO₅P, à usage d'herbicide de nombreuses graminées et de nombreuses dicotylédones, annuelles ou vivaces, et qui n'est sélectif d'aucune culture.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for glyphosate, with forms such as "gglyphosate", "gllyphosate", and "glpyhosate". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is glyphosate, spelled G-L-Y-P-H-O-S-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aminophosphonate de formule brute C₃H₈NO₅P, à usage d'herbicide de nombreuses graminées et de nombreuses dicotylédones, annuelles ou vivaces, et qui n'est sélectif d'aucune culture.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gglyphosate
- gllyphosate
- glpyhosate
- glyhposate
- glyphhosate
- glyphoaste
- glyphosaet
- glyphosatte
- glyphossate
- glyphostae
- glyphsoate
- glypohsate
- glypphosate
- glyyphosate
- gylphosate
- lgyphosate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of glyphosate - 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 “glyphosate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-L-Y-P-H-O-S-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡli.fo.zat\ (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.