hétérozygote
\e.te.ʁo.zi.ɡɔt\
The verdict
“hétérozygote” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui possède deux allèles différents d’un gène sur un même locus pour chacun de ses chromosomes homologues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-heterozygote · hétérozygote · French
hétérozygote · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hétérozygote |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.te.ʁo.zi.ɡɔt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hétérozygote is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.te.ʁo.zi.ɡɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui possède deux allèles différents d’un gène sur un même locus pour chacun de ses chromosomes homologues.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hétérozygote in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 hétérozygote, spelled H-É-T-É-R-O-Z-Y-G-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui possède deux allèles différents d’un gène sur un même locus pour chacun de ses chromosomes homologues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hétérozygote appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En cas de transmission récessive liée à l’X, les femmes sont très souvent homozygotes et n’expriment pas la maladie, tandis que les hommes sont forcément hétérozygotes et expriment toujours la maladie.
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