chymase
The verdict
“chymase” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme qui a la propriété de coaguler le lait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chymase · chymase · French
chymase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chymase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chymase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chymase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme qui a la propriété de coaguler le lait.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chymase in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chymase, spelled C-H-Y-M-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme qui a la propriété de coaguler le lait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chymase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] sa caractéristique est d'être très actif sur le lait à une haute température, puisqu'il ne cesse d'agir qu'à 85°, alors que ces hautes températures sont fatales à la chymase.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.