monosaccharide
\mɔ.nɔ.sa.ka.ʁid\
The verdict
“monosaccharide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sucre simple.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monosaccharide · monosaccharide · French
monosaccharide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | monosaccharide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔ.sa.ka.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
monosaccharide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.nɔ.sa.ka.ʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sucre simple.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for monosaccharide, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is monosaccharide, spelled M-O-N-O-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Sucre simple.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how monosaccharide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les polysaccharides peuvent être composés d’un seul type de monosaccharide (homoglycane) ou de plusieurs monosaccharides différents (hétéroglycane).
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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.