# stethoscope

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/ · frequency rank #43,940

## Definitions
1. A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.

## Common misspellings (17)
`setthoscope`, `sstethoscope`, `stehtoscope`, `stethhoscope`, `stethocsope`, `stethosccope`, `stethoscoep`, `stethoscoppe`, `stethoscpoe`, `stethosocpe`, `stethosscope`, `stethsocope`, `stetohscope`, `stetthoscope`, `sttehoscope`, `sttethoscope`, `tsethoscope`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stethoscope