oxalate
\ɔk.sa.lat\
The verdict
“oxalate” is uncommon French (frequency #96,211 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,211
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sel dérivé de l’acide oxalique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oxalate · oxalate · French
oxalate · rank #96,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,211
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ovarien
Nearest frequency peer: ovarien (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « oxalate »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oulipo
Oulipo
3,794 corpus weight
- Ouranos
Ouranos
3,793 corpus weight
- ovarien
ovarien
3,791 corpus weight
- oxalate
oxalate
3,790 corpus weight
- Ozawa
Ozawa
3,789 corpus weight
- pads
pads
3,786 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oxalate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oxalate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔk.sa.lat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oxalate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oxalate is uncommon French at frequency #96,211 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔk.sa.lat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sel dérivé de l’acide oxalique.".
oxalate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oxalate, spelled O-X-A-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sel dérivé de l’acide oxalique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oxalate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’oxalate d’orthotoluidine est beaucoup plus soluble que celui de paratoluidine et la différence de solubilité des deux oxalates a été mise à profit pour la séparation de ces deux bases.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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