fagocitose
/fa.ɡo.siˈtɔ.zi/
The verdict
“fagocitose” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - processo pelo qual uma célula usa sua membrana plasmática para englobar partículas grandes (≥ 0,5 μm), dando origem a um compartimento interno chamado fagossoma
Corpus desk
Index PT-fagocitose · fagocitose · Portuguese
fagocitose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fagocitose |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /fa.ɡo.siˈtɔ.zi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fagocitose” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fagocitose is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /fa.ɡo.siˈtɔ.zi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "processo pelo qual uma célula usa sua membrana plasmática para englobar partículas grandes (≥ 0,5 μm), dando origem a um compartimento interno chamado fagossoma".
No misspelling variants are generated for fagocitose in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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 entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is fagocitose, spelled F-A-G-O-C-I-T-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1processo pelo qual uma célula usa sua membrana plasmática para englobar partículas grandes (≥ 0,5 μm), dando origem a um compartimento interno chamado fagossoma
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