dexaméthasone
\de.ksa.me.ta.zɔn\
The verdict
“dexaméthasone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénomination commune internationale (D.C.I.) d'un glucocorticoïde de synthèse ayant un effet anti-inflammatoire et immunosuppresseur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dexamethasone · dexaméthasone · French
dexaméthasone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dexaméthasone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ksa.me.ta.zɔn\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dexaméthasone » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dexaméthasone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ksa.me.ta.zɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dénomination commune internationale (D.C.I.) d'un glucocorticoïde de synthèse ayant un effet anti-inflammatoire et immunosuppresseur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dexaméthasone in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dexaméthasone, spelled D-E-X-A-M-É-T-H-A-S-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Dénomination commune internationale (D.C.I.) d'un glucocorticoïde de synthèse ayant un effet anti-inflammatoire et immunosuppresseur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dexaméthasone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le freinage des surrénales est habituellement réalisé par la dexaméthasone.
L’administration dans ce cas de dexamétazone fait chuter la testostéronémie au taux du premier type.
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.