shellac
The verdict
“shellac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Laque issue de la sécrétion d’une cochenille asiatique, Kerria lacca, servant de verni dans plusieurs industries, notamment agro-alimentaire et pharmaceutique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shellac · shellac · French
shellac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | shellac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shellac » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shellac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Laque issue de la sécrétion d’une cochenille asiatique, Kerria lacca, servant de verni dans plusieurs industries, notamment agro-alimentaire et pharmaceutique.".
Zero misspellings are on record for shellac in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is shellac, spelled S-H-E-L-L-A-C.
Definition
- 1Laque issue de la sécrétion d’une cochenille asiatique, Kerria lacca, servant de verni dans plusieurs industries, notamment agro-alimentaire et pharmaceutique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shellac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant d’embarquer sur les porte-conteneurs, avocats, ananas, papayes ou mangues sont souvent enduits de shellac.
Synonyms
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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.