histidine
^((h aspiré))\is.ti.din\
The verdict
“histidine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acide aminé dont le groupement latéral comporte un cycle imidazole, à caractère basique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-histidine · histidine · French
histidine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | histidine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\is.ti.din\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « histidine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
histidine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\is.ti.din\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acide aminé dont le groupement latéral comporte un cycle imidazole, à caractère basique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for histidine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is histidine, spelled H-I-S-T-I-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Acide aminé dont le groupement latéral comporte un cycle imidazole, à caractère basique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how histidine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’un des rôles de l’histidine, par exemple, est de fournir des matériaux de formation à la globine, une albumine particulière qui est un des constituants de l’hémoglobine du sang.
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.