cytokines

\si.tɔ.kin\

/\si.tɔ.kin\/ noun

The verdict

“cytokines” is uncommon French (frequency #88,512 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,512
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cytokine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cytokines · cytokines · French

cytokines · rank #88,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,512
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cymbale

Nearest frequency peer: cymbale (-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 « cytokines »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cytokines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cytokines
PropertyValue
Headwordcytokines
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.tɔ.kin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#88,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cytokines » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cytokinestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cymbale » (#88,511), « curd » (#88,510), « célimène » (#88,514). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cytokines » est au #88,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cytokines is uncommon French at frequency #88,512 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tɔ.kin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cytokine.".

No misspelling variants are generated for cytokines in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cytokines, spelled C-Y-T-O-K-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cytokine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cytokines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Plus exactement, la détection et le dosage des cytokines dans le sang, un biomarqueur inflammatoire, permettent de différencier les patients atteints de troubles bipolaires de ceux qui souffrent d’un trouble dépressif.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cytokines"?
"cytokines" is spelled C-Y-T-O-K-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.tɔ.kin\.
What does "cytokines" mean?
As a noun, "cytokines" means: Pluriel de cytokine.
How do you pronounce "cytokines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cytokines" is \si.tɔ.kin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cytokines", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list