déméthylation
\de.me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“déméthylation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disparition, suppression d'un radical méthyle d'un composé organique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demethylation · déméthylation · French
déméthylation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | déméthylation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déméthylation” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
déméthylation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disparition, suppression d'un radical méthyle d'un composé organique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for déméthylation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déméthylation, spelled D-É-M-É-T-H-Y-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Disparition, suppression d'un radical méthyle d'un composé organique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how déméthylation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’accumulation de plusieurs stérones dans le mycélium traité par le fenhexamid indique que sa cible serait la C4-déméthylation. Cette découverte permet donc d’ajouter une nouvelle classe d’inhibiteurs de la biosynthèse des stérols à usages agricoles, à côté notamment de ceux affectant la 14α-déméthylation et la Δ¹⁴ réduction.
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