endométriose
\ɑ̃.do.me.tʁi.joz\
The verdict
“endométriose” is uncommon French (frequency #55,248 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,248
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affection caractérisée par la présence d’endométriomes, développement anarchique de cellules endométriales sur la muqueuse et en dehors de la cavité utérine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-endometriose · endométriose · French
endométriose · rank #55,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,248
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encrier
Nearest frequency peer: encrier (-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 « endométriose »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empressent
empressent
44,756 corpus weight
- emprisonnées
emprisonnées
44,755 corpus weight
- encrier
encrier
44,754 corpus weight
- endométriose
endométriose
44,753 corpus weight
- engagerait
engagerait
44,752 corpus weight
- engeance
engeance
44,751 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « endométriose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | endométriose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.do.me.tʁi.joz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #55,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « endométriose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
endométriose is uncommon French at frequency #55,248 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.do.me.tʁi.joz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affection caractérisée par la présence d’endométriomes, développement anarchique de cellules endométriales sur la muqueuse et en dehors de la cavité utérine.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for endométriose in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is endométriose, spelled E-N-D-O-M-É-T-R-I-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Affection caractérisée par la présence d’endométriomes, développement anarchique de cellules endométriales sur la muqueuse et en dehors de la cavité utérine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how endométriose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’endométriose est une maladie gynécologique méconnue et incomprise.
L’endométriose est une maladie méconnue des professionnels de santé, trop souvent sous-diagnostiquée et assez mal prise en charge.
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); 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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