polyamide
\pɔ.li.a.mid\
The verdict
“polyamide” 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) - Polymère issu de la polycondensation par formation de groupements amides N-H-C=O, qui résultent de la réaction chimique d’un acide et d’une amine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polyamide · polyamide · French
polyamide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | polyamide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.a.mid\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polyamide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polyamide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.a.mid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polymère issu de la polycondensation par formation de groupements amides N-H-C=O, qui résultent de la réaction chimique d’un acide et d’une amine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for polyamide, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is polyamide, spelled P-O-L-Y-A-M-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Polymère issu de la polycondensation par formation de groupements amides N-H-C=O, qui résultent de la réaction chimique d’un acide et d’une amine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polyamide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le nylon est un polyamide.
Les polypeptides sont des sortes de polyamides, issus de la polycondensation d'acides aminés.
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.