coenzyme
\ko.ɑ̃.zim\
The verdict
“coenzyme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Structure active non protéique participant au mécanisme réactionnel catalysé par une enzyme, soit comme molécule attachée de façon covalente appelée groupement prosthétique (e.g. phosphate de pyrid...
Corpus desk
Index FR-coenzyme · coenzyme · French
coenzyme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | coenzyme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ɑ̃.zim\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coenzyme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ɑ̃.zim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Structure active non protéique participant au mécanisme réactionnel catalysé par une enzyme, soit comme molécule attachée de façon covalente appelée groupement prosthétique (e.g. phosphate de pyrid...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coenzyme in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coenzyme, spelled C-O-E-N-Z-Y-M-E.
Definition
- 1Structure active non protéique participant au mécanisme réactionnel catalysé par une enzyme, soit comme molécule attachée de façon covalente appelée groupement prosthétique (e.g. phosphate de pyridoxal), soit comme cofacteur lié par interactions dites faibles (de type électrostatique ou de van der Waals) et agissant comme co-catalyseur ou comme donneur d'une structure qui sera transférée au substrat au cours de la réaction (e.g. succinyl-CoA).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coenzyme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La combinaison de la coenzyme et de l’apoenzyme forme l’hétéroenzyme.
Le coenzyme est toujours associé à l’enzyme au cours de la réaction de catalyse.
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.