histamine
\is.ta.min\
The verdict
“histamine” is uncommon French (frequency #79,383 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,383
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médiateur chimique synthétisé par les granulocytes éosinophiles et les mastocytes, de formule chimique brute C₅H₉N₃.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histamine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \is.ta.min\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histamine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histamine is uncommon French at frequency #79,383 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.ta.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médiateur chimique synthétisé par les granulocytes éosinophiles et les mastocytes, de formule chimique brute C₅H₉N₃.".
Zero misspellings are on record for histamine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is histamine, spelled H-I-S-T-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Médiateur chimique synthétisé par les granulocytes éosinophiles et les mastocytes, de formule chimique brute C₅H₉N₃.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “histamine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-I-S-T-A-M-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \is.ta.min\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.