lævorotatoire
\le.vɔ.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\
The verdict
“lævorotatoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre écriture de lévorotatoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-l-vorotatoire · lævorotatoire · French
lævorotatoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lævorotatoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \le.vɔ.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
lævorotatoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \le.vɔ.ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre écriture de lévorotatoire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lævorotatoire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lævorotatoire, spelled L-Æ-V-O-R-O-T-A-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Autre écriture de lévorotatoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lævorotatoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'acide tartrique est dextrorotatoire dans les conditions ordinaires, mais il devient lævorotatoire pour les rayons bleus dans une solution de l'acide sulfurique, ….
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.