disque intervertébral
\dis.k‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.te.bʁal\
The verdict
“disque intervertébral” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disque élastique entre deux vertèbres consécutives dans la colonne vertébrale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-disque-intervertebral · disque intervertébral · French
disque intervertébral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | disque intervertébral |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.k‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.te.bʁal\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
disque intervertébral is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.k‿ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.te.bʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disque élastique entre deux vertèbres consécutives dans la colonne vertébrale.".
Zero misspellings are on record for disque intervertébral in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 disque intervertébral, spelled D-I-S-Q-U-E- -I-N-T-E-R-V-E-R-T-É-B-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Disque élastique entre deux vertèbres consécutives dans la colonne vertébrale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how disque intervertébral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les facteurs génétiques sont impliqués dans la prédisposition à la dégénérescence du disque intravertébral chez certaines personnes.
This word in other languages
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