# interleukin

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,209

## Definitions
1. Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.

## Etymology
From inter- + leuko- + -in;
*inter-: from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”).
*leuko: from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”)
*-in: from French -ine, from Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus "of" or "belonging to"

## Common misspellings (16)
`inetrleukin`, `innterleukin`, `intelreukin`, `interelukin`, `interlekuin`, `interleuikn`, `interleukinn`, `interleukkin`, `interleukni`, `interlleukin`, `interluekin`, `interrleukin`, `intreleukin`, `intterleukin`, `itnerleukin`, `niterleukin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/interleukin