chymase

noun

"chymase" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chymase” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells

Corpus desk

Index EN-chymase · chymase · English

chymase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for chymase
PropertyValue
Headwordchymase
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chymase” in English

chymasesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chymase is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells".

No misspelling variants are generated for chymase in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From chyme + -ase? The correct English form is chymase, spelled C-H-Y-M-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells

Etymology

From chyme + -ase?

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chymase"?
"chymase" is spelled C-H-Y-M-A-S-E.
What does "chymase" mean?
As a noun, "chymase" means: Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells
What is the origin of the word "chymase"?
From chyme + -ase? See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list