nitroglycérol
\ni.tʁo.ɡli.se.ʁɔl\
The verdict
“nitroglycérol” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Synonyme de nitroglycérine (C₃H₅N₃O₉).
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Index FR-nitroglycerol · nitroglycérol · French
nitroglycérol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nitroglycérol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ni.tʁo.ɡli.se.ʁɔl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nitroglycérol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ni.tʁo.ɡli.se.ʁɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de nitroglycérine (C₃H₅N₃O₉).".
No misspelling variants are generated for nitroglycérol in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 nitroglycérol, spelled N-I-T-R-O-G-L-Y-C-É-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de nitroglycérine (C₃H₅N₃O₉).
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.