toxine botulique
\to.ksin.bo.ty.lik\
The verdict
“toxine botulique” 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) - Toxine responsable du botulisme, sécrétée par la bactérie Clostridium botulinum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-toxine-botulique · toxine botulique · French
toxine botulique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | toxine botulique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \to.ksin.bo.ty.lik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « toxine botulique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
toxine botulique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \to.ksin.bo.ty.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toxine responsable du botulisme, sécrétée par la bactérie Clostridium botulinum.".
toxine botulique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is toxine botulique, spelled T-O-X-I-N-E- -B-O-T-U-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Toxine responsable du botulisme, sécrétée par la bactérie Clostridium botulinum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toxine botulique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien qu’elle soit l’un des plus violents poisons connus, la toxine botulique est utilisée par des milliers de gens en tant que produit cosmétique, à doses infinitésimales bien sûr.
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.