hémostase

\e.mɔ.staz\

/\e.mɔ.staz\/ noun

The verdict

“hémostase” is uncommon French (frequency #91,795 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,795
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stagnation du sang causée par la pléthore, arrêt d’une hémorragie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hemostase · hémostase · French

hémostase · rank #91,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,795
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hypothyroïdie

Nearest frequency peer: hypothyroïdie (-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 « hémostase »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hémostase » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hémostase
PropertyValue
Headwordhémostase
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.mɔ.staz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,795
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hémostase » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hémostasetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « hypothyroïdie » (#91,794), « hyperboliques » (#91,793), « humidifier » (#91,791). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hémostase » est au #91,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hémostase is uncommon French at frequency #91,795 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.mɔ.staz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hémostase, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hémostase, spelled H-É-M-O-S-T-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stagnation du sang causée par la pléthore, arrêt d’une hémorragie.
  2. 2
    Opération qui a pour but d’arrêter l’écoulement du sang.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’hémostase est le processus physiologique qui permet au sang de former rapidement un caillot pour obturer une brèche vasculaire, de favoriser la cicatrisation de cette brèche et de faire disparaître ce caillot une fois la cicatrisation terminée.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hémostase"?
"hémostase" is spelled H-É-M-O-S-T-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mɔ.staz\.
What does "hémostase" mean?
As a noun, "hémostase" means: Stagnation du sang causée par la pléthore, arrêt d’une hémorragie.
How do you pronounce "hémostase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hémostase" is \e.mɔ.staz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hémostase", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list