corticoïdes

\kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\

/\kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\/ noun

The verdict

“corticoïdes” is uncommon French (frequency #52,593 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,593
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de corticoïde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-corticoides · corticoïdes · French

corticoïdes · rank #52,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,593
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corbillard

Nearest frequency peer: corbillard (-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 « corticoïdes »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for corticoïdes
PropertyValue
Headwordcorticoïdes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,593
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « corticoïdes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).corticoïdestombe 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: « corbillard » (#52,592), « cotations » (#52,594), « copiant » (#52,591). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « corticoïdes » est au #52,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

corticoïdes is uncommon French at frequency #52,593 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de corticoïde.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for corticoïdes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 corticoïdes, spelled C-O-R-T-I-C-O-Ï-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de corticoïde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La baisse de la pression artérielle doit être contrôlée, ni trop vite ni trop fort, en utilisant du nitroprussiate de sodium ou du labétolol à la seringue électrique, associé à des anti-œdèmes (mannitol, corticoïdes) et des antiépileptiques.

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 "corticoïdes"?
"corticoïdes" is spelled C-O-R-T-I-C-O-Ï-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\.
What does "corticoïdes" mean?
As a noun, "corticoïdes" means: Pluriel de corticoïde.
How do you pronounce "corticoïdes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "corticoïdes" is \kɔʁ.ti.ko.id\. 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 "corticoïdes", 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