séricine

\se.ʁi.sin\

/\se.ʁi.sin\/ noun

The verdict

“séricine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sericine · séricine · French

séricine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 séricine
PropertyValue
Headwordséricine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ʁi.sin\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « séricine » en français

séricinesiège 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

séricine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.ʁi.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for séricine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 séricine, spelled S-É-R-I-C-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une bourre de soie sèche, telle qu’on l’obtient par la longue ébullition avec une grande quantité de détergent, comme à l’ordinaire, ne contient que 5% de séricine.
  2. Ce fil double est composé par la fibroïne (env.72-81 %) entourée de la gomme de soie dénommée séricine (env.19-28 %). La séricine est amorphe et se dissout dans les solutions savonneuses chaudes.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "séricine"?
"séricine" is spelled S-É-R-I-C-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁi.sin\.
What does "séricine" mean?
As a noun, "séricine" means: Protéine agglutinante retenant les filaments de fibroïne, collés entre eux, et que l’on détruit par le décrusage.
How do you pronounce "séricine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séricine" is \se.ʁi.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séricine" come from?
"séricine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list