cancer du sein

\kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\

/\kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“cancer du sein” 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) - Cancer où la tumeur se développe dans un sein.

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Index FR-cancer-du-sein · cancer du sein · French

cancer du sein · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for cancer du sein
PropertyValue
Headwordcancer du sein
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cancer du sein » en français

cancer du seinreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

cancer du sein is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for cancer du sein in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cancer du sein, spelled C-A-N-C-E-R- -D-U- -S-E-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cancer où la tumeur se développe dans un sein.
  2. 2
    Cancer dont l’origine sont les tissus mammaires soit par extension un carcinome canalaire ou un carcinome lobulaire.
  3. 3
    Tout cancer touchant le sein par extension métastatique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cancer du sein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y eut la mort de Miss Blaisie, la secrétaire de rédaction. Miss Blaisie, trente ans de calibrages exacts et de légendes au carré, morte d’un cancer du sein.
  2. À l’aube de l’ouverture d’Octobre rose, Marie-Christine Dalloz témoigne de son combat contre le cancer du sein, pour sensibiliser les femmes au dépistage et soutenir celles qui se battent actuellement.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cancer du sein"?
"cancer du sein" is spelled C-A-N-C-E-R- -D-U- -S-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\.
What does "cancer du sein" mean?
As a noun, "cancer du sein" means: Cancer où la tumeur se développe dans un sein.
How do you pronounce "cancer du sein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cancer du sein" is \kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cancer du sein" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list