lactate
\lak.tat\
The verdict
“lactate” is an uncommon French word, ranked #79,469 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,469
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sel produit par la combinaison de l’acide lactique avec une base.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lactate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lak.tat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lactate” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for lactate is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lak.tat\. Corpus data places it at rank #79,469 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sel produit par la combinaison de l’acide lactique avec une base.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lactate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lactate, spelled L-A-C-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sel produit par la combinaison de l’acide lactique avec une base.
This word in other languages
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 “lactate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-A-C-T-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lak.tat\ (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
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.