épitope
\e.pi.tɔp\
The verdict
“épitope” 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) - Partie d’une molécule (un peptide) capable de stimuler la production d’un anticorps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epitope · épitope · French
épitope · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | épitope |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.tɔp\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
épitope is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.tɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie d’une molécule (un peptide) capable de stimuler la production d’un anticorps.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for épitope, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is épitope, spelled É-P-I-T-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Partie d’une molécule (un peptide) capable de stimuler la production d’un anticorps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épitope appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chacun des cinq anticorps que nous avons utilisés reconnaît un épitope situé sur un des cinq domaines ainsi caractérisés.
En réalité il existe une grande variété d’épitopes même si certains résidus sont critiques pour l’activité anti-proliférative.
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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.