substance active
The verdict
“substance active” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.
Corpus desk
Index FR-substance-active · substance active · French
substance active · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | substance active |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « substance active » en français
Rare enough to double-check
substance active is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for substance active, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is substance active, spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-C-E- -A-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Substance qui dans un médicament possède un effet thérapeutique recherché et qui est présente la plupart du temps, en très faible proportion par rapport aux excipients.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how substance active appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les États membres devraient se prononcer cette semaine pour ou contre le renouvellement de la benfluraline, une substance active herbicide incontournable sur plusieurs cultures telle que les chicorées (endive et boisson).
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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.