phosphatase
\fɔs.fa.taz\
The verdict
“phosphatase” 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) - Enzyme dont la fonction est d’enlever un groupe phosphate d’une molécule simple ou d’une macromolécule biologique, par hydrolyse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phosphatase · phosphatase · French
phosphatase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | phosphatase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fɔs.fa.taz\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
phosphatase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fɔs.fa.taz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme dont la fonction est d’enlever un groupe phosphate d’une molécule simple ou d’une macromolécule biologique, par hydrolyse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for phosphatase in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is phosphatase, spelled P-H-O-S-P-H-A-T-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme dont la fonction est d’enlever un groupe phosphate d’une molécule simple ou d’une macromolécule biologique, par hydrolyse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how phosphatase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les enzymes utilisées dans le conjugué sont principalement la HRP (horse radish peroxidase) pour une révélation chimioluminescente ou la PAL (phosphatase alcaline) pour une révélation colorimétrique.
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.