assurance maladie

\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\

/\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“assurance maladie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif chargé d’assurer un individu face à des risques financiers de soins en cas de maladie, ainsi qu’un revenu minimal lorsque l’affection prive la personne de travail.

Key facts for assurance maladie
PropertyValue
Headwordassurance maladie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “assurance maladie” sits in French frequency

assurance maladie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

assurance maladie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

assurance maladie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 assurance maladie, spelled A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E- -M-A-L-A-D-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif chargé d’assurer un individu face à des risques financiers de soins en cas de maladie, ainsi qu’un revenu minimal lorsque l’affection prive la personne de travail.
  2. 2
    Dispositif chargé d’assurer un individu face à des risques financiers de soins en cas de maladie, ainsi qu’un revenu minimal lorsque l’affection prive la personne de travail.
  3. 3
    Système d’assurance étatique et universel couvrant différents frais médicaux, notamment les frais d’hôpital et les frais de consultation des médecins et en assurant la gratuité pour les usagers.

Synonyms

sécurité socialesécu

This word in other languages

health insurance(English)Krankenversicherung(Deutsch)

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 "assurance maladie"?
"assurance maladie" is spelled A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E- -M-A-L-A-D-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\.
What does "assurance maladie" mean?
As a noun, "assurance maladie" means: Dispositif chargé d’assurer un individu face à des risques financiers de soins en cas de maladie, ainsi qu’un revenu minimal lorsque l’affection prive la personne de travail.
How do you pronounce "assurance maladie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assurance maladie" is \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assurance maladie" come from?
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Using “assurance maladie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-S-S-U-R-A-N-C-E- -M-A-L-A-D-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.sy.ʁɑ̃s ma.la.di\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list