cacothanasie
\ka.kɔ.ta.na.zi\
The verdict
“cacothanasie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort dans la souffrance, l'angoisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacothanasie · cacothanasie · French
cacothanasie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cacothanasie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.kɔ.ta.na.zi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cacothanasie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.kɔ.ta.na.zi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacothanasie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cacothanasie, spelled C-A-C-O-T-H-A-N-A-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Mort dans la souffrance, l'angoisse.
- 2Acharnement thérapeutique, fait d'essayer tous les traitements même s'il n'y a aucune chance de guérison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacothanasie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La cacothanasie est l'inverse de l'euthanasie.
Le terme ainsi défini est celui de « cacothanasie », dont la disparition n’est pas à regretter.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.