embolie pulmonaire
\ɑ̃.bɔ.li pyl.mɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“embolie pulmonaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obstruction d’une artère pulmonaire ou de l'une de ses branches par un caillot sanguin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embolie pulmonaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bɔ.li pyl.mɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embolie pulmonaire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
embolie pulmonaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bɔ.li pyl.mɔ.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obstruction d’une artère pulmonaire ou de l'une de ses branches par un caillot sanguin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for embolie pulmonaire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 embolie pulmonaire, spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-E- -P-U-L-M-O-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Obstruction d’une artère pulmonaire ou de l'une de ses branches par un caillot sanguin.
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.
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- The one correct French spelling is E-M-B-O-L-I-E- -P-U-L-M-O-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.