polymérase
\pɔ.ly.me.ʁaz\
The verdict
“polymérase” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme dont la fonction est de copier un élément d’ADN.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polymerase · polymérase · French
polymérase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | polymérase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.ly.me.ʁaz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polymérase” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polymérase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.ly.me.ʁaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme dont la fonction est de copier un élément d’ADN.".
No misspelling variants are generated for polymérase in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is polymérase, spelled P-O-L-Y-M-É-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme dont la fonction est de copier un élément d’ADN.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polymérase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un système d’expression de la polymérase virale en cellules d’insecte a ainsi été mis au point.
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