bactériologie

\bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“bactériologie” is uncommon French (frequency #72,093 among 227,490 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,093
frequency rank, French
227,490
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Science qui a pour objet l’étude des bactéries.

Key facts for bactériologie
PropertyValue
Headwordbactériologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters13
Frequency rank#72,093
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bactériologie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bactériologie lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bactériologie is uncommon French at frequency #72,093 among 227,490 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Science qui a pour objet l’étude des bactéries.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bactériologie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bactériologie, spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science qui a pour objet l’étude des bactéries.

This word in other languages

bacteriology(English)bacteriología(Español)Bakteriologie(Deutsch)

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 "bactériologie"?
"bactériologie" is spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "bactériologie" mean?
As a noun, "bactériologie" means: Science qui a pour objet l’étude des bactéries.
How do you pronounce "bactériologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bactériologie" is \bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bactériologie" come from?
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Using “bactériologie”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is B-A-C-T-É-R-I-O-L-O-G-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bak.te.ʁjɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ (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

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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