riboflavine
\ʁi.bɔ.fla.vin\
The verdict
“riboflavine” 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 May 6, 2026) - Composé hétérocyclique à plusieurs noyaux de la famille des flavines, hydrosoluble et très sensible à la lumière, nécessaire à la synthèse de la flavine adénine dinucléotide (FAD) et de la flavine ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | riboflavine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.bɔ.fla.vin\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “riboflavine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
riboflavine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.bɔ.fla.vin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé hétérocyclique à plusieurs noyaux de la famille des flavines, hydrosoluble et très sensible à la lumière, nécessaire à la synthèse de la flavine adénine dinucléotide (FAD) et de la flavine ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for riboflavine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is riboflavine, spelled R-I-B-O-F-L-A-V-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Composé hétérocyclique à plusieurs noyaux de la famille des flavines, hydrosoluble et très sensible à la lumière, nécessaire à la synthèse de la flavine adénine dinucléotide (FAD) et de la flavine mononucléotide (FMN) et jouant un rôle important dans la transformation des aliments simples (glucides, lipides et protéines) en énergie ; elle intervient dans le métabolisme de réparation des muscles.
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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 “riboflavine”
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- The one correct French spelling is R-I-B-O-F-L-A-V-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.