clinicienne

\kli.ni.sjɛn\

/\kli.ni.sjɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“clinicienne” is uncommon French (frequency #92,558 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,558
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médecin qui étudie les maladies et établit un diagnostic par un examen direct du malade, dans un hôpital ou une clinique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-clinicienne · clinicienne · French

clinicienne · rank #92,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,558
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cloisonner

Nearest frequency peer: cloisonner (+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 « clinicienne »

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 « clinicienne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for clinicienne
PropertyValue
Headwordclinicienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kli.ni.sjɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,558
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « clinicienne » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cliniciennetombe 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: « cloisonner » (#92,559), « classica » (#92,555), « cognacs » (#92,561). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « clinicienne » est au #92,558. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

clinicienne is uncommon French at frequency #92,558 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kli.ni.sjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médecin qui étudie les maladies et établit un diagnostic par un examen direct du malade, dans un hôpital ou une clinique.".

clinicienne has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is clinicienne, spelled C-L-I-N-I-C-I-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médecin qui étudie les maladies et établit un diagnostic par un examen direct du malade, dans un hôpital ou une clinique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est devenu normal, mais ça ne veut pas dire que c’est sain, avertit Claire Petin, psychologue clinicienne et psychothérapeute.

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 "clinicienne"?
"clinicienne" is spelled C-L-I-N-I-C-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kli.ni.sjɛn\.
What does "clinicienne" mean?
As a noun, "clinicienne" means: Médecin qui étudie les maladies et établit un diagnostic par un examen direct du malade, dans un hôpital ou une clinique.
How do you pronounce "clinicienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "clinicienne" is \kli.ni.sjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list