lymphocyte
\lɛ̃.fɔ.sit\
The verdict
“lymphocyte” 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) - Cellule sanguine de la famille des leucocytes, cellule immunitaire spécifique (anticorps), impliquée dans les immunités humorale et cellulaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lymphocyte · lymphocyte · French
lymphocyte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lymphocyte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ̃.fɔ.sit\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lymphocyte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lymphocyte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ̃.fɔ.sit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cellule sanguine de la famille des leucocytes, cellule immunitaire spécifique (anticorps), impliquée dans les immunités humorale et cellulaire.".
lymphocyte has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 lymphocyte, spelled L-Y-M-P-H-O-C-Y-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cellule sanguine de la famille des leucocytes, cellule immunitaire spécifique (anticorps), impliquée dans les immunités humorale et cellulaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lymphocyte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaque lymphocyte est capable de reconnaître un épitope déterminé.
Les lymphocytes constituent un ensemble complexe de cellules immunitaires, dont le rôle est également de reconnaître les éléments étrangers tels que les micro-organismes et les parasites. Une grande diversité de lymphocytes circule sans cesse autour des tissus, dans les systèmes sanguin et lymphatique… Il existe deux grandes catégories de lymphocytes : le…
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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.