scopolamine

\sko.po.la.min\

/\sko.po.la.min\/ noun

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The verdict

“scopolamine” is uncommon French (frequency #95,311 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,311
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alcaloïde tropanique de plusieurs Solanacées (notamment le datura et le brugmansia), à action anticholinergique (parasympatholytique) et à effet sédatif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scopolamine · scopolamine · French

scopolamine · rank #95,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,311
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sciée

Nearest frequency peer: sciée (-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 « scopolamine »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scopolamine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scopolamine
PropertyValue
Headwordscopolamine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sko.po.la.min\
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,311
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « scopolamine » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.scopolaminetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « sciée » (#95,310), « seder » (#95,313), « schnock » (#95,308). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scopolamine » est au #95,311. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scopolamine is uncommon French at frequency #95,311 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sko.po.la.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alcaloïde tropanique de plusieurs Solanacées (notamment le datura et le brugmansia), à action anticholinergique (parasympatholytique) et à effet sédatif.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for scopolamine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is scopolamine, spelled S-C-O-P-O-L-A-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alcaloïde tropanique de plusieurs Solanacées (notamment le datura et le brugmansia), à action anticholinergique (parasympatholytique) et à effet sédatif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how scopolamine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est à partir de la stramoine que le chimiste allemand Albert Ladenburg isole, en 1881, la scopolamine.
  2. La scopolamine diminue le volume des sécrétions pharyngées et bronchiques, augmente leur viscosité et induit une sédation centrale.

Synonyms

tropate de scopine(–)-(1S,3S,5R,6R,7S,8S)-6,7-époxy-3-[(S)-tropoyloxy]tropane

This word in other languages

scopolamine(English)escopolamina(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scopolamine"?
"scopolamine" is spelled S-C-O-P-O-L-A-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sko.po.la.min\.
What does "scopolamine" mean?
As a noun, "scopolamine" means: Alcaloïde tropanique de plusieurs Solanacées (notamment le datura et le brugmansia), à action anticholinergique (parasympatholytique) et à effet sédatif.
How do you pronounce "scopolamine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scopolamine" is \sko.po.la.min\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scopolamine" come from?
"scopolamine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scopolamine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

révocatoire#95,290réduiraient#95,278réclameront#95,272réadmission#95,271

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list