cancer du sang
\kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɑ̃\
The verdict
“cancer du sang” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leucémie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cancer-du-sang · cancer du sang · French
cancer du sang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cancer du sang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cancer du sang » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cancer du sang is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leucémie.".
cancer du sang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cancer du sang, spelled C-A-N-C-E-R- -D-U- -S-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Leucémie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cancer du sang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cancers du sang regroupent plusieurs maladies dont certaines comme le myélome se développe dans la moelle osseuse qui est dans tous les os, les lymphomes dans les ganglions et les leucémies dans la moelle osseuse et dans le sang.
Eux qui ont cru au progrès de la science et à ses mots (produits « phytosanitaires », « glyphosate »), découvrent dans leur chambre d’hôpital l’autre nom du projet productiviste : leucémie, tumeur cérébrale, cancer du sang, mélanome, blastes, troubles cognitifs, moelle osseuse détruite…
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