métaboliser

\me.ta.bo.li.ze\

/\me.ta.bo.li.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“métaboliser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assimiler par réaction métabolique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-metaboliser · métaboliser · French

métaboliser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for métaboliser
PropertyValue
Headwordmétaboliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\me.ta.bo.li.ze\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « métaboliser » en français

métabolisersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

métaboliser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \me.ta.bo.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

métaboliser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is métaboliser, spelled M-É-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assimiler par réaction métabolique.
  2. 2
    Auto-générer des transformations physico-chimiques pour subsister telles que des échanges d’informations et de substances avec le milieu environnant ; prélèvement, transformation et dépense d’énergie, nutrition.
  3. 3
    Intégrer par synthèse et rendre efficient.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how métaboliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La variation d’un seul acide aminé dans le gène qui code pour l’enzyme COMT, un médiateur qui métabolise la dopamine et la noradrénaline, produit une différence suffisamment importante dans cette enzyme pour modifier la résistance à la douleur et de là influer sur le courage d’une personne.
  2. [La vague de vieillissement] constatée à 44 ans concerne des molécules liées aux maladies cardiovasculaires et à la capacité de métaboliser la caféine, l'alcool et les lipides.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "métaboliser"?
"métaboliser" is spelled M-É-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ta.bo.li.ze\.
What does "métaboliser" mean?
As a verb, "métaboliser" means: Assimiler par réaction métabolique.
How do you pronounce "métaboliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "métaboliser" is \me.ta.bo.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "métaboliser" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list