athérome
\a.te.ʁom\
The verdict
“athérome” is uncommon French (frequency #93,502 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,502
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dépôts fibreux, essentiellement graisseux, sur l’intima, couche interne de la paroi des artères, qui conduisent à la pathologie nommée athérosclérose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | athérome |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.te.ʁom\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “athérome” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
athérome is uncommon French at frequency #93,502 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.te.ʁom\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dépôts fibreux, essentiellement graisseux, sur l’intima, couche interne de la paroi des artères, qui conduisent à la pathologie nommée athérosclérose.".
No misspelling variants are generated for athérome in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is athérome, spelled A-T-H-É-R-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1Dépôts fibreux, essentiellement graisseux, sur l’intima, couche interne de la paroi des artères, qui conduisent à la pathologie nommée athérosclérose.
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); 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 “athérome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-T-H-É-R-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.te.ʁom\ (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.