niacine

\nja.sin\

/\nja.sin\/ noun

The verdict

“niacine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’une des deux formes de la vitamine B₃.

Corpus desk

Index FR-niacine · niacine · French

niacine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" 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.

Key facts for niacine
PropertyValue
Headwordniacine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nja.sin\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « niacine » en français

niacinesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

niacine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nja.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’une des deux formes de la vitamine B₃.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for niacine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is niacine, spelled N-I-A-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’une des deux formes de la vitamine B₃.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how niacine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les chamans tenaient le kumis pour un agent énergétique sans équivalent et l’utilisaient dans de nombreux rituels. De récentes études en ont confirmé les bienfaits sur la santé. Elles ont révélé notamment que le lait fermenté issu de la traite de juin – période où le festival battait son plein – fournissaient des niveaux particulièrement élevés de vitamin…
  2. De la même façon que l’histoire de la thiamine est liée au béribéri, celle de la niacine est liée à la pellagre.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "niacine"?
"niacine" is spelled N-I-A-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nja.sin\.
What does "niacine" mean?
As a noun, "niacine" means: L’une des deux formes de la vitamine B₃.
How do you pronounce "niacine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "niacine" is \nja.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "niacine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list