carcinome

\kaʁ.si.nɔm\

/\kaʁ.si.nɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“carcinome” is uncommon French (frequency #51,946 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,946
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de cancer qui se développe à partir de l’épithélium.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carcinome · carcinome · French

carcinome · rank #51,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,946
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carat

Nearest frequency peer: carat (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « carcinome »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « carcinome » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carcinome
PropertyValue
Headwordcarcinome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.si.nɔm\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carcinome » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).carcinometombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « carat » (#51,945), « Caribbean » (#51,947), « captivante » (#51,944). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « carcinome » est au #51,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carcinome is uncommon French at frequency #51,946 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.si.nɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété de cancer qui se développe à partir de l’épithélium.".

No misspelling variants are generated for carcinome in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 carcinome, spelled C-A-R-C-I-N-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété de cancer qui se développe à partir de l’épithélium.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D’autres types de tumeurs oculaires (mélanome, carcinome ou lymphome) peuvent se développer dans la conjonctive, les paupières ou l’orbite.
  2. Finalement, l’exposition parvient à être captivante, alors qu’on nous parle d’IRM, de carcinome ou de lymphocytes T.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carcinome"?
"carcinome" is spelled C-A-R-C-I-N-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.si.nɔm\.
What does "carcinome" mean?
As a noun, "carcinome" means: Variété de cancer qui se développe à partir de l’épithélium.
How do you pronounce "carcinome"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carcinome" is \kaʁ.si.nɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carcinome" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carcinome", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list