cytosol
\si.tɔ.sɔl\
The verdict
“cytosol” 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) - Contenu d'une cellule, à l'exception du cytosquelette et des organites (et donc du noyau également).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cytosol · cytosol · French
cytosol · 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 | cytosol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.tɔ.sɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cytosol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cytosol is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.tɔ.sɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contenu d'une cellule, à l'exception du cytosquelette et des organites (et donc du noyau également).".
cytosol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cytosol, spelled C-Y-T-O-S-O-L.
Definition
- 1Contenu d'une cellule, à l'exception du cytosquelette et des organites (et donc du noyau également).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cytosol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On rappelle que le cytosol est la fraction semi-liquide du cytoplasme qui entoure les organites.
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.