dermatologue

\dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\

/\dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“dermatologue” is uncommon French (frequency #50,764 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,764
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médecin spécialiste des maladies de la peau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dermatologue · dermatologue · French

dermatologue · rank #50,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,764
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dentier

Nearest frequency peer: dentier (-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 « dermatologue »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dermatologue
PropertyValue
Headworddermatologue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,764
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dermatologue » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dermatologuetombe 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: « dentier » (#50,763), « descriptifs » (#50,765), « desdites » (#50,766). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dermatologue » est au #50,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dermatologue is uncommon French at frequency #50,764 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médecin spécialiste des maladies de la peau.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dermatologue in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dermatologue, spelled D-E-R-M-A-T-O-L-O-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médecin spécialiste des maladies de la peau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les acnés modérées peuvent bénéficier d’un nouveau traitement administré soit au cabinet du dermatologue soit en clinique de chirurgie esthétique.

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 "dermatologue"?
"dermatologue" is spelled D-E-R-M-A-T-O-L-O-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\.
What does "dermatologue" mean?
As a noun, "dermatologue" means: Médecin spécialiste des maladies de la peau.
How do you pronounce "dermatologue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dermatologue" is \dɛʁ.ma.tɔ.lɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dermatologue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list