anosmie
\a.nɔs.mi\
The verdict
“anosmie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte totale ou partielle de l’odorat, incapacité à percevoir les odeurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anosmie · anosmie · French
anosmie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | anosmie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.nɔs.mi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anosmie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anosmie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.nɔs.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perte totale ou partielle de l’odorat, incapacité à percevoir les odeurs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anosmie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is anosmie, spelled A-N-O-S-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Perte totale ou partielle de l’odorat, incapacité à percevoir les odeurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anosmie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une dame atteinte d’une complète obstruction nasale due à une énorme hypertrophie de la tête et de la queue du cornet inférieur droit se plaint depuis un mois d’une anosmie absolue du même côté.
Par ailleurs, le Pr Salomon a évoqué "une recrudescence des cas d’anosmie" signalée par le Conseil national des ORL : il s’agit d’une "disparition brutale de l’odorat sans obstruction nasale et qui peut survenir de façon isolée", a-t-il précisé. Dans ce cas, "il faut appeler son médecin traitant et éviter toute automédication sans avis spécialisé".
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.