herpès zoster
\ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\
The verdict
“herpès zoster” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zona.
Corpus desk
Index FR-herpes-zoster · herpès zoster · French
herpès zoster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « herpès zoster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
herpès zoster is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛʁ.pɛs zɔ.stɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how herpès zoster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça ne peut pas être un zona, un herpès zoster, la maladie de Kaposi, ou quelque chose comme ça ? J'ai lu sur Internet que... », reprit-il en soulevant à nouveau son T-shirt. Mitzi recula en essayant de masquer son dégoût.
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.