tyrosine

\ti.ʁɔ.zin\

/\ti.ʁɔ.zin\/ noun

The verdict

“tyrosine” is uncommon French (frequency #77,112 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,112
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH).

Corpus desk

Index FR-tyrosine · tyrosine · French

tyrosine · rank #77,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,112
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tyrannosaure

Nearest frequency peer: tyrannosaure (-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 « tyrosine »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tyrosine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tyrosine
PropertyValue
Headwordtyrosine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.ʁɔ.zin\
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,112
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tyrosine » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).tyrosinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « tyrannosaure » (#77,111), « tâchera » (#77,113), « tyranniques » (#77,110). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tyrosine » est au #77,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tyrosine is uncommon French at frequency #77,112 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ʁɔ.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH).".

Zero misspellings are on record for tyrosine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tyrosine, spelled T-Y-R-O-S-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Traitées par des acides dilués en ébullition elles donnent de l'urée et des corps à fonction amine et acides (amino-acides) tel que le glycocolle CH₂AzH₂.CO₂H, la tyrosine amino-acide aromatique, etc.
  2. Il constate la présence d’une molécule de tyrosine (C₉H11AzO₃), et de toute la série homologue des sucres de gélatine, depuis la leucine (C₆H₁₃AzO₂), jusqu’à l’alanine (C₃H₇AzO₂) ; tous à base d’acide gras.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tyrosine"?
"tyrosine" is spelled T-Y-R-O-S-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.ʁɔ.zin\.
What does "tyrosine" mean?
As a noun, "tyrosine" means: Acide aminé dont la chaîne latérale est (-CH₂-C₆H₄-OH).
How do you pronounce "tyrosine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tyrosine" is \ti.ʁɔ.zin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tyrosine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tyrosine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list