bactériophage
\bak.te.ʁjo.faʒ\
The verdict
“bactériophage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable d’infecter une bactérie, de s’y multiplier et généralement de la lyser (en parlant d’un virus).
Corpus desk
Index FR-bacteriophage · bactériophage · French
bactériophage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bactériophage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bak.te.ʁjo.faʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bactériophage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bactériophage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bak.te.ʁjo.faʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capable d’infecter une bactérie, de s’y multiplier et généralement de la lyser (en parlant d’un virus).".
bactériophage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bactériophage, spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-O-P-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Capable d’infecter une bactérie, de s’y multiplier et généralement de la lyser (en parlant d’un virus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bactériophage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À noter que certains virus sont capables d’infecter les bactéries et de les détruire, il s’agit des virus « bactériophages ».
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.