asphyxie
\as.fik.si\
The verdict
“asphyxie” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #24,107 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,107
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissemen...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asphyxie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.fik.si\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “asphyxie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for asphyxie is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \as.fik.si\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,107 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissemen...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for asphyxie, with forms such as "apshyxie", "ashpyxie", and "asphhyxie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is asphyxie, spelled A-S-P-H-Y-X-I-E.
Definition
- 1Arrêt plus ou moins long de la respiration, produit par différentes causes, telles que la submersion, la strangulation, l’absorption de gaz irrespirables, la compression du thorax, le rétrécissement du larynx, etc.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apshyxie,ashpyxie,asphhyxie,asphxyie,asphyixe,asphyxei,asphyxxie,asphyyxie,aspphyxie,aspyhxie,assphyxie,saphyxie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of asphyxie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “asphyxie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-P-H-Y-X-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \as.fik.si\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.