polysaccharide
\pɔ.li.sa.ka.ʁid\
The verdict
“polysaccharide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de polyoside ^([1]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-polysaccharide · polysaccharide · French
polysaccharide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | polysaccharide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.sa.ka.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “polysaccharide” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
polysaccharide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.sa.ka.ʁid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de polyoside ^([1]).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for polysaccharide, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is polysaccharide, spelled P-O-L-Y-S-A-C-C-H-A-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de polyoside ^([1]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polysaccharide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces polysaccharides diffèrent par la nature de leurs constituants, les monomères glycosidiques (glucose, galactose, fucose…), par le type d’isomères et par celui des liaisons dites osidiques qui les relient. Par exemple, les agars et les carraghénanes ne diffèrent essentiellement que par l’isomérie des unités galactose qui les composent.
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