ribose
\ʁi.boz\
The verdict
“ribose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sucre de la famille des pentoses, de formule chimique C₅H₁₀O₅, composant principal du squelette carboné de l’ARN.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ribose · ribose · French
ribose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ribose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.boz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ribose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ribose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.boz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sucre de la famille des pentoses, de formule chimique C₅H₁₀O₅, composant principal du squelette carboné de l’ARN.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ribose in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ribose, spelled R-I-B-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sucre de la famille des pentoses, de formule chimique C₅H₁₀O₅, composant principal du squelette carboné de l’ARN.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ribose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les biochimistes ont également découvert [sur Tchouri] un sucre, le ribose, une molécule structurante de l'acide ribonucléique (ARN) support du patrimoine génétique .
Toutefois, des expériences en laboratoire ont montré que cette géométrie ne favorise pas la formation de ribose, un sucre clé dans la fabrication de l’arn.
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.