asepsie
\a.sɛp.si\
The verdict
“asepsie” 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) - Méthode préventive contre les infections et les pollutions du milieu par des micro-organismes pathogènes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asepsie · asepsie · French
asepsie · 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 | asepsie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sɛp.si\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
asepsie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sɛp.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for asepsie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is asepsie, spelled A-S-E-P-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Méthode préventive contre les infections et les pollutions du milieu par des micro-organismes pathogènes.
- 2Absence de micro-organismes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how asepsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tenez, depuis que mes confrères font courir le bruit que je n’ai aucune notion de l’asepsie, la clientèle a foutu le camp, je ne soigne plus qu’un tas de péquenots qui me paient d’une volaille ou d’un panier de pommes, et me prennent d’ailleurs pour un idiot.
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.