neutrophile
\nø.tʁɔ.fil\
The verdict
“neutrophile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a une affinité pour les colorants neutres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neutrophile · neutrophile · French
neutrophile · 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 "N" 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 | neutrophile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nø.tʁɔ.fil\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neutrophile” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neutrophile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nø.tʁɔ.fil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for neutrophile, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is neutrophile, spelled N-E-U-T-R-O-P-H-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a une affinité pour les colorants neutres.
- 2Qualifie un végétal qui se plaît sur des sols neutres : ni acides, ni alcalins.
- 3Se dit d’un noyau qui a une grande section efficace pour la capture de neutrons.
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