propène
\pʁɔ.pɛn\
The verdict
“propène” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nom UICPA) Hydrocarbure, gazeux de formule semi-développée CH₂ = CH – CH₃, obtenu en décomposant la glycérine par l’iodure de phosphore.
Corpus desk
Index FR-propene · propène · French
propène · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | propène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.pɛn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « propène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
propène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.pɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nom UICPA) Hydrocarbure, gazeux de formule semi-développée CH₂ = CH – CH₃, obtenu en décomposant la glycérine par l’iodure de phosphore.".
propène has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is propène, spelled P-R-O-P-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1(nom UICPA) Hydrocarbure, gazeux de formule semi-développée CH₂ = CH – CH₃, obtenu en décomposant la glycérine par l’iodure de phosphore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how propène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le propène (ou propylène) est, avec une capacité de production en 2020 est de 133 Mt, la seconde molécule de la pétrochimie.
Synonyms
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.