phosphane
\fɔs.fan\
The verdict
“phosphane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nom UICPA) Gaz toxique légèrement plus lourd que l’air, de formule brute PH₃ ; il est utilisé comme agent de fumigation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phosphane · phosphane · French
phosphane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | phosphane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔs.fan\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « phosphane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
phosphane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔs.fan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nom UICPA) Gaz toxique légèrement plus lourd que l’air, de formule brute PH₃ ; il est utilisé comme agent de fumigation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for phosphane in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is phosphane, spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1(nom UICPA) Gaz toxique légèrement plus lourd que l’air, de formule brute PH₃ ; il est utilisé comme agent de fumigation.
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.