caryotype
\ka.ʁjɔ.tip\
The verdict
“caryotype” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre et forme des chromosomes d’une cellule, caractéristique d’une espèce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caryotype · caryotype · French
caryotype · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | caryotype |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁjɔ.tip\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caryotype” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caryotype is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁjɔ.tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre et forme des chromosomes d’une cellule, caractéristique d’une espèce.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caryotype, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caryotype, spelled C-A-R-Y-O-T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre et forme des chromosomes d’une cellule, caractéristique d’une espèce.
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