protoxyde
\pʁɔ.tɔk.sid\
The verdict
“protoxyde” is uncommon French (frequency #67,797 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,797
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé le moins oxygéné de tous ceux que peut former une substance quelconque, en se combinant avec l’oxygène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-protoxyde · protoxyde · French
protoxyde · rank #67,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,797
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prosodie
Nearest frequency peer: prosodie (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « protoxyde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- propagandes
propagandes
32,207 corpus weight
- propylène
propylène
32,206 corpus weight
- prosodie
prosodie
32,205 corpus weight
- protoxyde
protoxyde
32,204 corpus weight
- prunelles
prunelles
32,203 corpus weight
- préconçue
préconçue
32,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « protoxyde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protoxyde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pʁɔ.tɔk.sid\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « protoxyde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
protoxyde is uncommon French at frequency #67,797 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔ.tɔk.sid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé le moins oxygéné de tous ceux que peut former une substance quelconque, en se combinant avec l’oxygène.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for protoxyde in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is protoxyde, spelled P-R-O-T-O-X-Y-D-E.
Definition
- 1Composé le moins oxygéné de tous ceux que peut former une substance quelconque, en se combinant avec l’oxygène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how protoxyde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous reproduisons ici, Tableau II, une des séries d'expériences de M. Wiedermann relative au sulfate de protoxyde de fer en solution dans l'eau: ….
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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