oxydase
\o.ksi.daz\
The verdict
“oxydase” is uncommon French (frequency #94,088 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,088
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme catalysant une réaction d'oxydo-réduction impliquant une molécule de dioxygène comme accepteur d'électron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oxydase · oxydase · French
oxydase · rank #94,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,088
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH outlet
Nearest frequency peer: outlet (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « oxydase »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ostensibles
ostensibles
5,917 corpus weight
- Ouidah
Ouidah
5,916 corpus weight
- outlet
outlet
5,915 corpus weight
- oxydase
oxydase
5,913 corpus weight
- PaaS
PaaS
5,911 corpus weight
- pache
pache
5,910 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oxydase » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oxydase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.ksi.daz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oxydase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oxydase is uncommon French at frequency #94,088 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \o.ksi.daz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme catalysant une réaction d'oxydo-réduction impliquant une molécule de dioxygène comme accepteur d'électron.".
oxydase has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 oxydase, spelled O-X-Y-D-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme catalysant une réaction d'oxydo-réduction impliquant une molécule de dioxygène comme accepteur d'électron.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oxydase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela tient au processus de fixation de l’oxydase : en torréfiant la feuille de thé à la chinoise, on favorise l’association des polyphénols et des protéines contenues dans la feuille, et ce phénomène diminuera l’astringence et l’amertume de la liqueur.
En histochimie, les oxydases se distinguent nettement des déshydrogénases du point de vue purement opérationnel, parce qu’elles sont révélées par des réactifs chromogéniques différents.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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