fièvre typhoïde
\fjɛvʁ ti.fɔ.id\
The verdict
“fièvre typhoïde” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie infectieuse, aiguë, contagieuse et épidémique, causée par une entérobactérie du genre Salmonella, caractérisée par une fièvre continue et des lésions des follicules intestinaux, puis une se...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fièvre typhoïde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fjɛvʁ ti.fɔ.id\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fièvre typhoïde” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fièvre typhoïde is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fjɛvʁ ti.fɔ.id\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maladie infectieuse, aiguë, contagieuse et épidémique, causée par une entérobactérie du genre Salmonella, caractérisée par une fièvre continue et des lésions des follicules intestinaux, puis une se...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fièvre typhoïde in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fièvre typhoïde, spelled F-I-È-V-R-E- -T-Y-P-H-O-Ï-D-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie infectieuse, aiguë, contagieuse et épidémique, causée par une entérobactérie du genre Salmonella, caractérisée par une fièvre continue et des lésions des follicules intestinaux, puis une septicémie.
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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Using “fièvre typhoïde”
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- The one correct French spelling is F-I-È-V-R-E- -T-Y-P-H-O-Ï-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fjɛvʁ ti.fɔ.id\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.