récessivité

\ʁe.se.si.vi.te\

/\ʁe.se.si.vi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“récessivité” 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) - Caractère d’un gène qui, présent, ne s’exprime pas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recessivite · récessivité · French

récessivité · 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 "R" 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.

Key facts for récessivité
PropertyValue
Headwordrécessivité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.se.si.vi.te\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « récessivité » en français

récessivitésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

récessivité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.se.si.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère d’un gène qui, présent, ne s’exprime pas.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for récessivité, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is récessivité, spelled R-É-C-E-S-S-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère d’un gène qui, présent, ne s’exprime pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how récessivité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En génétique, on parle de récessivité lorsqu’un allèle ne peut donner un phénotype lorsqu’il est seul représentant dans les chromosomes de la cellule considérée (sauf en cas d’haploïdie). Au contraire, on parle d’allèle dominant lorsqu’un seul allèle permet de définir un phénotype.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "récessivité"?
"récessivité" is spelled R-É-C-E-S-S-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.se.si.vi.te\.
What does "récessivité" mean?
As a noun, "récessivité" means: Caractère d’un gène qui, présent, ne s’exprime pas.
How do you pronounce "récessivité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "récessivité" is \ʁe.se.si.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list