molécule
\mɔ.le.kyl\
The verdict
“molécule” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,442
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assemblage d’atomes électriquement neutre dont la composition est donnée par sa formule chimique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-molecule · molécule · French
molécule · rank #11,442 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #11,442
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mitchell
Nearest frequency peer: Mitchell (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « molécule »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- messager
messager
88,562 corpus weight
- minière
minière
88,561 corpus weight
- Mitchell
Mitchell
88,560 corpus weight
- molécule
molécule
88,559 corpus weight
- mutations
mutations
88,558 corpus weight
- mutuellement
mutuellement
88,557 corpus weight
What this shows « molécule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molécule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.le.kyl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « molécule »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around molécule (IPA \mɔ.le.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,442 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for molécule, with forms such as "mloécule", "mmolécule", and "molcéule". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "molécules", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is molécule, spelled M-O-L-É-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Assemblage d’atomes électriquement neutre dont la composition est donnée par sa formule chimique.
- 2Matière active.
- 3Fraction la plus infime d’un corps.
- 4Plus petite partie d’un corps qui garde les propriétés de ce corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how molécule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette étape est plausible , car NO est une espèce à nombre impair d’électrons, et deux molécules peuvent former une liaison covalente quand elle se rencontrent. Le fait que le dimère N₂0₂ existe aussi dans le solide rend la suggestion plausible.
C’est le cas par exemple de la réaction d’un diacide sur un dialcool qui donne naissance à un polyester et à de l’eau qui doit être éliminée si on souhaite que la réaction conduise effectivement à des grandes molécules.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloécule
- mmolécule
- molcéule
- molecule
- mollécule
- moléccule
- moléclue
- molécuel
- moléculle
- moléucle
- moélcule
- omlécule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of molécule - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).