méthylation
\me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“méthylation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Ajout ou substitution d’un groupement méthyle à un substrat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-methylation · méthylation · French
méthylation · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méthylation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “méthylation” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
méthylation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ti.la.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ajout ou substitution d’un groupement méthyle à un substrat.".
méthylation has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is méthylation, spelled M-É-T-H-Y-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ajout ou substitution d’un groupement méthyle à un substrat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how méthylation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les empreintes méthylation de l’ADN sont établies au cours de l’ovogenèse (empreintes maternelle, en rouge) ou de la spermatogenèse (empreintes paternel, en bleu).
Il y a deux ans, une équipe américaine a ainsi détecté des méthylations (modifications réversibles de l’ADN par addition d’un groupement méthyle) dans 18 gènes liés à la réactivité au stress et à l’inflammation dans les catégories sociales inférieures, entraînant une activation différente de ces gènes.
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