microtubule
\mi.kʁo.ty.byl\
The verdict
“microtubule” 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 3, 2026) - Organite en forme de tube, fibre participant au cytosquelette, le squelette de la cellule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-microtubule · microtubule · French
microtubule · 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 | microtubule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.kʁo.ty.byl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « microtubule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
microtubule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁo.ty.byl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organite en forme de tube, fibre participant au cytosquelette, le squelette de la cellule.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for microtubule, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 microtubule, spelled M-I-C-R-O-T-U-B-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Organite en forme de tube, fibre participant au cytosquelette, le squelette de la cellule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how microtubule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Médaille d’or du CNRS 2015, le biologiste cellulaire Eric Karsenti travaille sur les microtubules, filaments microscopiques qui permettent la séparation des chromosomes pour produire des cellules-filles dans le corps humain.
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.