endocytose
\ɑ̃.do.si.toz\
The verdict
“endocytose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pénétration dans une cellule de matériel extracellulaire, par invagination de la membrane plasmique suivie de la formation de vésicules s’isolant dans le cytoplasme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-endocytose · endocytose · French
endocytose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | endocytose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.do.si.toz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
endocytose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.do.si.toz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pénétration dans une cellule de matériel extracellulaire, par invagination de la membrane plasmique suivie de la formation de vésicules s’isolant dans le cytoplasme.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for endocytose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is endocytose, spelled E-N-D-O-C-Y-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Pénétration dans une cellule de matériel extracellulaire, par invagination de la membrane plasmique suivie de la formation de vésicules s’isolant dans le cytoplasme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how endocytose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'endocytose d'un virus.
La phagocytose d'une bactérie est une endocytose.
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.