réductase
\ʁe.dyk.taz\
The verdict
“réductase” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme qui diminue l'énergie d'activation d'une réaction d'oxydoréduction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reductase · réductase · French
réductase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réductase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.dyk.taz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réductase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réductase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.dyk.taz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme qui diminue l'énergie d'activation d'une réaction d'oxydoréduction.".
réductase has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is réductase, spelled R-É-D-U-C-T-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme qui diminue l'énergie d'activation d'une réaction d'oxydoréduction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how réductase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La déficience (récessive) peut toucher l’enzyme ou la réductase.
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.