principe actif
\pʁɛ̃.si.p‿ak.tif\
The verdict
“principe actif” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | principe actif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɛ̃.si.p‿ak.tif\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “principe actif” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for principe actif is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pʁɛ̃.si.p‿ak.tif\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for principe actif in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is principe actif, spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-E- -A-C-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.
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.
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Using “principe actif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-R-I-N-C-I-P-E- -A-C-T-I-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.