amylase
\a.mi.laz\
The verdict
“amylase” is uncommon French (frequency #88,311 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,311
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme digestive présente dans la salive et le suc pancréatique, qui catalyse l’hydrolyse des liaisons α-1,4 glycosidiques de l’amidon et du glycogène, produisant des maltoses et dextrines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amylase · amylase · French
amylase · rank #88,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amusons
Nearest frequency peer: amusons (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « amylase »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amorçant
amorçant
11,693 corpus weight
- amphétamine
amphétamine
11,692 corpus weight
- amusons
amusons
11,691 corpus weight
- amylase
amylase
11,690 corpus weight
- améliorons
améliorons
11,689 corpus weight
- Angelin
Angelin
11,688 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amylase » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amylase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mi.laz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amylase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amylase is uncommon French at frequency #88,311 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mi.laz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme digestive présente dans la salive et le suc pancréatique, qui catalyse l’hydrolyse des liaisons α-1,4 glycosidiques de l’amidon et du glycogène, produisant des maltoses et dextrines.".
amylase doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is amylase, spelled A-M-Y-L-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme digestive présente dans la salive et le suc pancréatique, qui catalyse l’hydrolyse des liaisons α-1,4 glycosidiques de l’amidon et du glycogène, produisant des maltoses et dextrines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amylase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’amylase est également synthétisée dans les fruits de beaucoup de plantes durant leur maturation et aussi pendant la germination des graines, propriété qui, entre autres, est utilisée pour produire le malt.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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