herpès zoster
\ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\
The verdict
“herpès zoster” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herpès zoster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herpès zoster” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for herpès zoster is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\. 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: "Zona.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for herpès zoster in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is herpès zoster, spelled H-E-R-P-È-S- -Z-O-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Zona.
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.
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Using “herpès zoster”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-E-R-P-È-S- -Z-O-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.