cytokines
\si.tɔ.kin\
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
- cultuels
cultuels
11,492 corpus weight
- curd
curd
11,491 corpus weight
- cymbale
cymbale
11,490 corpus weight
- cytokines
cytokines
11,489 corpus weight
- célimène
célimène
11,487 corpus weight
- Daces
Daces
11,486 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cytokines » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cytokines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tɔ.kin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cytokines » en français
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
- 1Pluriel de cytokine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cytokines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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