phagocyte
/ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/noun, verb
phagocyte is spelled P-H-A-G-O-C-Y-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phagocyte means “A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phagocyte is phagocytes.
How many letters and syllables are in phagocyte?
| Letters | 9: P-H-A-G-O-C-Y-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is phagocyte?
Phagocyte appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce phagocyte?
- /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
Phagocyte has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phagocyte.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phagocyte
- phagocytes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- phagocyting participle, present
- phagocyted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phagocyte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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 antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
verb
- 1
To phagocytize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phagocyte in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cell of the immune system:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phagocyte come from?
From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).