zymase
\zi.maz\
The verdict
“zymase” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enzyme qui catalyse la réaction biochimique de fermentation alcoolique, en transformant le glucose (ou d’autres sucres) en éthanol et en dioxyde de carbone (appelé aussi gaz carbonique).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zymase · zymase · French
zymase · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zymase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zi.maz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
zymase is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zi.maz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enzyme qui catalyse la réaction biochimique de fermentation alcoolique, en transformant le glucose (ou d’autres sucres) en éthanol et en dioxyde de carbone (appelé aussi gaz carbonique).".
No misspelling variants are generated for zymase in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is zymase, spelled Z-Y-M-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Enzyme qui catalyse la réaction biochimique de fermentation alcoolique, en transformant le glucose (ou d’autres sucres) en éthanol et en dioxyde de carbone (appelé aussi gaz carbonique).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zymase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces auteurs attribuent la formation du noir de seiche et du pigment mélanique des tumeurs du cheval et même de la peau du nègre à l’action des zymases
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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.