appendicite

\a.pɛ̃.di.sit\

/\a.pɛ̃.di.sit\/ noun

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The verdict

“appendicite” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,413
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation de l’appendice du cæcum.

Corpus desk

Index FR-appendicite · appendicite · French

appendicite · rank #34,413 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,413
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apolitique

Nearest frequency peer: apolitique (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « appendicite »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « appendicite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

appendicite vs appendice
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for appendicite
PropertyValue
Headwordappendicite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pɛ̃.di.sit\
Letters11
Frequency rank#34,413
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « appendicite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).appendicitese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apolitique » (#34,412), « applaudissent » (#34,414), « ape » (#34,411). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « appendicite » est au #34,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around appendicite (IPA \a.pɛ̃.di.sit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,413 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Inflammation de l’appendice du cæcum.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for appendicite, with forms such as "apendicite", "apepndicite", and "appednicite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "appendice", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is appendicite, spelled A-P-P-E-N-D-I-C-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inflammation de l’appendice du cæcum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un an plus tard, un de ces enfants, une délicieuse petite fille, la préférée de ma chère mère, était emportée par l'appendicite.
  2. Ça veut dire qu’on va prioriser le cancer, la traumatologie, on va prioriser toutes les urgences comme les appendicites, etc.

This word in other languages

appendicitis(English)apendicitis(Español)Blinddarmentzündung(Deutsch)apendicite(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apendicite
  • apepndicite
  • appednicite
  • appendciite
  • appenddicite
  • appendiccite
  • appendiciet
  • appendicitte
  • appendictie
  • appendiicte
  • appenidcite
  • appenndicite
  • appnedicite
  • papendicite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appendicite - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apendicite1apepndicite2appednicite2appendciite2appenddicite1appendiccite1appendiciet2appendicitte1
Edit distance from "appendicite"

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 "appendicite"?
"appendicite" is spelled A-P-P-E-N-D-I-C-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɛ̃.di.sit\.
What does "appendicite" mean?
As a noun, "appendicite" means: Inflammation de l’appendice du cæcum.
What words are commonly confused with "appendicite"?
"appendicite" is commonly confused with "appendice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "appendicite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "appendicite" is \a.pɛ̃.di.sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "appendicite" come from?
"appendicite" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "appendicite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

annotations#34,407automatisés#34,429capitaliser#34,449émotionnels#34,368

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

antithèse14 variantsactualiser14 variantsabsorbent14 variantsabdominaux14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list