angioplastie

\ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\

/\ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“angioplastie” is an uncommon French word, ranked #93,477 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#93,477
frequency rank, French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intervention médico-chirurgicale de modification d’un vaisseau sanguin.

Key facts for angioplastie
PropertyValue
Headwordangioplastie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\
Letters12
Frequency rank#93,477
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “angioplastie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). angioplastie lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for angioplastie is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\. Corpus data places it at rank #93,477 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Intervention médico-chirurgicale de modification d’un vaisseau sanguin.".

angioplastie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 angioplastie, spelled A-N-G-I-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Intervention médico-chirurgicale de modification d’un vaisseau sanguin.

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 "angioplastie"?
"angioplastie" is spelled A-N-G-I-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\.
What does "angioplastie" mean?
As a noun, "angioplastie" means: Intervention médico-chirurgicale de modification d’un vaisseau sanguin.
How do you pronounce "angioplastie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angioplastie" is \ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angioplastie" come from?
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Using “angioplastie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-N-G-I-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.ʒjɔ.plas.ti\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list