diastase
\dja.staz\
The verdict
“diastase” 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) - Écartement, séparation de deux os qui étaient contigus, et particulièrement du tibia et du péroné, du cubitus et du radius.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diastase · diastase · French
diastase · 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 "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 | diastase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dja.staz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diastase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diastase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dja.staz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for diastase, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diastase, spelled D-I-A-S-T-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Écartement, séparation de deux os qui étaient contigus, et particulièrement du tibia et du péroné, du cubitus et du radius.
- 2Synonyme de enzyme
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diastase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des insectes végétariens, tels que les Melonlonthiens n’ont pas de trace de lipase, alors que les Dytiques, les Carabes, ont une diastase lipasique très abondante.
Nulle image qui ne fût bientôt, comestible, nul raisonnement, qui ne cheminât irrésistiblement vers la conclusion appétissante ; tendres souvenirs, noble courroux, projets éthérés, sublimes élans, chimères, hippogriffes et pégases, tout s’en allait au fil des diastases.
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.