oléfine
\ɔ.le.fin\
The verdict
“oléfine” 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) - alcène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-olefine · oléfine · French
oléfine · 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 "O" 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 | oléfine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.le.fin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
oléfine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.le.fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alcène.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oléfine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is oléfine, spelled O-L-É-F-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1alcène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oléfine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’où l’intérêt de la métathèse qui permet de transformer une oléfine en une autre.
Disons d'abord que les oléfines ne sont pas présentes dans les distillats en topping.
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.