albinisme
\al.bi.nism\
The verdict
“albinisme” is uncommon French (frequency #98,713 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,713
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie héréditaire caractérisée par l’absence de mélanine dans la peau et dans les cheveux qui sont presque blancs et les yeux qui sont grisâtres ou rougeâtres.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albinisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.bi.nism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “albinisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
albinisme is uncommon French at frequency #98,713 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.bi.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maladie héréditaire caractérisée par l’absence de mélanine dans la peau et dans les cheveux qui sont presque blancs et les yeux qui sont grisâtres ou rougeâtres.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for albinisme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is albinisme, spelled A-L-B-I-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie héréditaire caractérisée par l’absence de mélanine dans la peau et dans les cheveux qui sont presque blancs et les yeux qui sont grisâtres ou rougeâtres.
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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.
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Using “albinisme”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-L-B-I-N-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.