psilocybine
\psi.lɔ.si.bin\
The verdict
“psilocybine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ester d’acide phosphorique, principe actif de certains champignons hallucinogènes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-psilocybine · psilocybine · French
psilocybine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | psilocybine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \psi.lɔ.si.bin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « psilocybine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
psilocybine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \psi.lɔ.si.bin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ester d’acide phosphorique, principe actif de certains champignons hallucinogènes.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for psilocybine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 psilocybine, spelled P-S-I-L-O-C-Y-B-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Ester d’acide phosphorique, principe actif de certains champignons hallucinogènes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how psilocybine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette pratique l’a conduit à se replonger dans la littérature des années 1950 et 1960 sur les hallucinogènes classiques (mescaline, psilocybine, LSD).
La psilocybine est la principale substance psychoactive des champignons hallucinogènes. Après ingestion, elle est transformée en une forme pharmacologiquement active, la psilocine.
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.