polypeptide
\pɔ.li.pɛp.tid\
The verdict
“polypeptide” 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) - Polymère linéaire composé d’un grand nombre (10 à 30) d’acides aminés liés par des liaisons peptidiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-polypeptide · polypeptide · French
polypeptide · 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 "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 | polypeptide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ.li.pɛp.tid\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « polypeptide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
polypeptide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ.li.pɛp.tid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polymère linéaire composé d’un grand nombre (10 à 30) d’acides aminés liés par des liaisons peptidiques.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for polypeptide, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is polypeptide, spelled P-O-L-Y-P-E-P-T-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Polymère linéaire composé d’un grand nombre (10 à 30) d’acides aminés liés par des liaisons peptidiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how polypeptide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette séquence constitue la carte d’identité d’un polypeptide.
Les protéines sont formées par un ou plusieurs polypeptides.
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.