gastrointestinal
\ɡas.tʁo.ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\
The verdict
“gastrointestinal” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de gastro-intestinal.
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gastrointestinal is 16 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡas.tʁo.ɛ̃.tɛs.ti.nal\. 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: "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.
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 “gastrointestinal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-A-S-T-R-O-I-N-T-E-S-T-I-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.