phénol
\fe.nɔl\
The verdict
“phénol” is uncommon French (frequency #58,162 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,162
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composés organiques constitués d'un arène et d'un groupe hydroxyle (-OH).
Corpus desk
Index FR-phenol · phénol · French
phénol · rank #58,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,162
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phy
Nearest frequency peer: phy (-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 « phénol »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- photomontage
photomontage
41,841 corpus weight
- phy
phy
41,840 corpus weight
- phénol
phénol
41,839 corpus weight
- Phœnix
Phœnix
41,838 corpus weight
- picnic
picnic
41,837 corpus weight
- plafonnée
plafonnée
41,836 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « phénol » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phénol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fe.nɔl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « phénol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
phénol is uncommon French at frequency #58,162 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe.nɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for phénol, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is phénol, spelled P-H-É-N-O-L.
Definition
- 1Composés organiques constitués d'un arène et d'un groupe hydroxyle (-OH).
- 2Représentant le plus simple de la classe des phénols (voir ci-dessus), il s'agit de l'hydroxybenzène, cristaux blancs à odeur d'urine de souris, très corrosif pour les tissus vivants. Il a été extrait dès le XVII^(ème) siècle des goudrons de houille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how phénol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le phénol et la paratoluidine, ainsi que le paracrésol et l’aniline, chauffés à 260-300° avec du chlorure de zinc, donnent de la phénylparatolylamine.
Une femme parsemait de fleurs le drap blanc et le phénol exhalait d’une soucoupe son odeur forte.
Synonyms
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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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