anthracose
\ɑ̃.tʁa.koz\
The verdict
“anthracose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pneumoconiose due au dépôt dans les poumons de poussière de charbon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anthracose · anthracose · French
anthracose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | anthracose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.tʁa.koz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anthracose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.tʁa.koz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anthracose, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is anthracose, spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-C-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Pneumoconiose due au dépôt dans les poumons de poussière de charbon.
- 2Ulcère corrosif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anthracose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n'ai jamais connu mes grands-pères qui sont morts, avant ma naissance, de ce que nous appelons maintenant l'anthracose, une maladie due à l'inhalation des poussières de charbon qui s'infiltrent dans les poumons tout au long des années. (Victor Catano; La sécurité au travail s'obtient au prix de sacrifices)
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.