nucléotide
\ny.kle.ɔ.tid\
The verdict
“nucléotide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monomère, composant de base de l’acide désoxyribonucléique et de l’acide ribonucléique, composé d’un groupement phosphate (ou acide phosphorique), d’un pentose, sucre à cinq atomes de carbone (déso...
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Index FR-nucleotide · nucléotide · French
nucléotide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | nucléotide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ny.kle.ɔ.tid\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nucléotide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ny.kle.ɔ.tid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monomère, composant de base de l’acide désoxyribonucléique et de l’acide ribonucléique, composé d’un groupement phosphate (ou acide phosphorique), d’un pentose, sucre à cinq atomes de carbone (déso...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nucléotide, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is nucléotide, spelled N-U-C-L-É-O-T-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Monomère, composant de base de l’acide désoxyribonucléique et de l’acide ribonucléique, composé d’un groupement phosphate (ou acide phosphorique), d’un pentose, sucre à cinq atomes de carbone (désoxyribose pour l’ADN et ribose pour l’ARN) et d’une base azotée (purine ou pyrimidine).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nucléotide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
m représente le nucléotide à 2′-O-méthyler.
l’ADN humain aligne trois milliards de nucléotides (le nom sous lequel on regroupe les molécules A, C, T et G), soit l'équivalent d’un texte de 750 000 pages ou encore 750 tomes d’une édition de la Pléiade.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.