phagocyte
/ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
"phagocyte" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“phagocyte” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | phagocyte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “phagocyte” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
phagocyte is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for phagocyte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte. The correct English form is phagocyte, spelled P-H-A-G-O-C-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
Etymology
From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “phagocyte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-H-A-G-O-C-Y-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.