halotolérant
^((h aspiré))\a.lo.tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“halotolérant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui tolère d’importante variation de la teneur en sel de l’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-halotolerant · halotolérant · French
halotolérant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | halotolérant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\a.lo.tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
halotolérant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\a.lo.tɔ.le.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui tolère d’importante variation de la teneur en sel de l’eau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for halotolérant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is halotolérant, spelled H-A-L-O-T-O-L-É-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui tolère d’importante variation de la teneur en sel de l’eau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how halotolérant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien que V cholerae et V mimicus puissent se développer sans sel, la présence d’ion Na⁺ favorise leur croissance : ces bacilles non halophiles mais halotolérants (p. 80) poussent abondamment, par exemple, en eau peptonée à 3% de NaCl.
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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.