gastrointestinal
\ɡas.tʁo.ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\
The verdict
“gastrointestinal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de gastro-intestinal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gastrointestinal · gastrointestinal · French
gastrointestinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gastrointestinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡas.tʁo.ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gastrointestinal” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gastrointestinal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡas.tʁo.ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de gastro-intestinal.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gastrointestinal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gastrointestinal, spelled G-A-S-T-R-O-I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de gastro-intestinal.
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