antihypertenseur

\ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\

/\ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“antihypertenseur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destiné à lutter contre l’hypertension.

Corpus desk

Index FR-antihypertenseur · antihypertenseur · French

antihypertenseur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for antihypertenseur
PropertyValue
Headwordantihypertenseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « antihypertenseur » en français

antihypertenseurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antihypertenseur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Destiné à lutter contre l’hypertension.".

antihypertenseur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 antihypertenseur, spelled A-N-T-I-H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-N-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Destiné à lutter contre l’hypertension.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how antihypertenseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le coût du traitement antihypertenseur est très élevé.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antihypertenseur"?
"antihypertenseur" is spelled A-N-T-I-H-Y-P-E-R-T-E-N-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\.
What does "antihypertenseur" mean?
As an adjective, "antihypertenseur" means: Destiné à lutter contre l’hypertension.
How do you pronounce "antihypertenseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "antihypertenseur" is \ɑ̃.ti.i.pɛʁ.tɑ̃.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "antihypertenseur" come from?
"antihypertenseur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list