dysesthésie
\di.zɛ.ste.zi\
The verdict
“dysesthésie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affaiblissement ou abolition de l'action des sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dysesthesie · dysesthésie · French
dysesthésie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | dysesthésie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.zɛ.ste.zi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dysesthésie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dysesthésie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.zɛ.ste.zi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affaiblissement ou abolition de l'action des sens.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dysesthésie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dysesthésie, spelled D-Y-S-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Affaiblissement ou abolition de l'action des sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dysesthésie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les quatre opérations réalisées chez trois malades pour causalgie ont supprimé dans tous les cas les phénomènes douloureux spontanés, sans cependant éliminer la dysesthésie chez l’une de nos malades qui en était affligée.
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.