gastro-entérologie

\ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\

/\ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

The verdict

“gastro-entérologie” 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 September 3, 2026) - Branche de la médecine qui étudie le tube digestif et ses maladies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gastro-enterologie · gastro-entérologie · French

gastro-entérologie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" 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.

Key facts for gastro-entérologie
PropertyValue
Headwordgastro-entérologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gastro-entérologie » en français

gastro-entérologiesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gastro-entérologie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Branche de la médecine qui étudie le tube digestif et ses maladies.".

gastro-entérologie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gastro-entérologie, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O---E-N-T-É-R-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Branche de la médecine qui étudie le tube digestif et ses maladies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gastro-entérologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L'homme bien coiffé consulta une grande feuille quadrillée, suspendue au pied du lit. — Vous avez été transéaté dans notre service de gastro-entérologie, à la suite d'une crise comitiale survenue dans un contexte d’exogénose.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gastro-entérologie"?
"gastro-entérologie" is spelled G-A-S-T-R-O---E-N-T-É-R-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "gastro-entérologie" mean?
As a noun, "gastro-entérologie" means: Branche de la médecine qui étudie le tube digestif et ses maladies.
How do you pronounce "gastro-entérologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gastro-entérologie" is \ɡas.tʁo.ɑ̃.te.ʁo.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gastro-entérologie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list