cytokine
/ˈsaɪ.tə(ʊ)(ˌ)kaɪn/
"cytokine" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cytokine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,101
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cytokine · cytokine · English
cytokine · rank #43,101 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,101
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH CTC
Nearest frequency peer: CTC (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cytokine”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- creamery
creamery
56,904 corpus weight
- CTC
CTC
56,901 corpus weight
- cytokine
cytokine
56,900 corpus weight
- daffy
daffy
56,899 corpus weight
- Danzig
Danzig
56,897 corpus weight
- Darko
Darko
56,896 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cytokine” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cytokine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪ.tə(ʊ)(ˌ)kaɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cytokine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cytokine (IPA /ˈsaɪ.tə(ʊ)(ˌ)kaɪn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,101 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cytokine, with forms such as "ccytokine", "ctyokine", and "cyotkine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyto- + -kine from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement”). The correct English form is cytokine, spelled C-Y-T-O-K-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cytokine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thus, in the case of viral infection, mechanisms of resistance would be threefold, namely, interferon production, the immune response, including both antibody and lymphokine production, and the generation of lymphokine-like substances by the infected cells themselves. These latter substances have been defined as cytokines.
A fundamental feature expressed by the vast majority of cytokines is a profound immunomodulatory activity. Many cytokines, presently available in pure recombinant form, modify bone cell metabolism.
Etymology
From cyto- + -kine from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccytokine
- ctyokine
- cyotkine
- cytkoine
- cytoikne
- cytokien
- cytokinne
- cytokkine
- cytoknie
- cyttokine
- cyytokine
- yctokine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cytokine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
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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.