ECG
\ø.se.ʒe\
The verdict
“ECG” is uncommon French (frequency #52,652 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,652
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Électrocardiogramme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecg · ECG · French
ECG · rank #52,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,652
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH dévonien
Nearest frequency peer: dévonien (-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 « ECG »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- développez
développez
47,352 corpus weight
- déversoir
déversoir
47,351 corpus weight
- dévonien
dévonien
47,350 corpus weight
- ECG
ECG
47,349 corpus weight
- effectuaient
effectuaient
47,348 corpus weight
- effondra
effondra
47,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ECG » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ECG |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ø.se.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ECG » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ECG is uncommon French at frequency #52,652 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ø.se.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ECG has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ECG, spelled E-C-G.
Definition
- 1Électrocardiogramme.
- 2Électrocardiographie.
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.
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