phosphorylate
verb
phosphorylate is a verb meaning “To cause phosphorylation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-O-R-Y-L-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does phosphorylate mean?
verb
- 1
To cause phosphorylation.
- 2
To undergo phosphorylation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of phosphorylate
- phosphorylates present, singular, he/she/it
- phosphorylating participle, present
- phosphorylated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phosphorylate?
Phosphorylate appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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).
Phosphorylate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | fosforilar |
| Spanish | fosforilar , fosforilarse |
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 phosphorylate come from?
From phosphoryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from phosphorylation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).