protein
\pɹəʊ.tiːn\
The verdict
“protein” is uncommon French (frequency #67,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,022
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protéine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-protein · protein · French
protein · rank #67,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,022
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH prurit
Nearest frequency peer: prurit (+1 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 « protein »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- privait
privait
32,983 corpus weight
- prosaïqueme…
prosaïquement
32,982 corpus weight
- proscrite
proscrite
32,981 corpus weight
- protein
protein
32,979 corpus weight
- prurit
prurit
32,978 corpus weight
- prédestinat…
prédestination
32,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « protein » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɹəʊ.tiːn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « protein » en français
Rare enough to double-check
protein is uncommon French at frequency #67,022 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɹəʊ.tiːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protéine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for protein, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is protein, spelled P-R-O-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Protéine.
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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