enzyme

/[ˈɛnzaɪm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,527

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

enzyme is aGermannoun. It means: Enzym Pronounced [ˈɛnzaɪm]. Often confused with Enzym and enorme.

Key facts for enzyme
PropertyValue
Headwordenzyme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛnzaɪm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,527
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enzyme in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for enzyme is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛnzaɪm]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,527 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Enzym".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for enzyme, with forms such as "ennzyme", "enyzme", and "enzmye". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Enzym", "enorme", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is enzyme, spelled E-N-Z-Y-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enzym

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ennzyme,enyzme,enzmye,enzyem,enzymme,enzyyme,enzzyme,eznyme,nezyme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enzyme

Misspelling Variants of "enzyme"

ennzyme7enyzme6enzmye6enzyem6enzymme7enzyyme7enzzyme7eznyme6
Misspelling Variants of "enzyme"

Frequency rank: #25,527 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enzyme"?
"enzyme" is spelled E-N-Z-Y-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛnzaɪm].
What does "enzyme" mean?
As a noun, "enzyme" means: Enzym
What words are commonly confused with "enzyme"?
"enzyme" is commonly confused with "Enzym", "enorme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enzyme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enzyme" is [ˈɛnzaɪm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enzyme" come from?
"enzyme" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.