viscose
\vis.kɔz\
The verdict
“viscose” is an uncommon French word, ranked #83,496 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,496
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Textile artificiel fabriqué à partir de cellulose. Il est doux comme le coton mais est plus fragile et tend à se froisser.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viscose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vis.kɔz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “viscose” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for viscose is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vis.kɔz\. Corpus data places it at rank #83,496 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Textile artificiel fabriqué à partir de cellulose. Il est doux comme le coton mais est plus fragile et tend à se froisser.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for viscose, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is viscose, spelled V-I-S-C-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Textile artificiel fabriqué à partir de cellulose. Il est doux comme le coton mais est plus fragile et tend à se froisser.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “viscose”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-S-C-O-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vis.kɔz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.