histocompatibilité

\is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\

/\is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“histocompatibilité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Degré de compatibilité immunologique entre deux individus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-histocompatibilite · histocompatibilité · French

histocompatibilité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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.

Key facts for histocompatibilité
PropertyValue
Headwordhistocompatibilité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « histocompatibilité » en français

histocompatibilitén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

histocompatibilité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Degré de compatibilité immunologique entre deux individus.".

Zero misspellings are on record for histocompatibilité in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is histocompatibilité, spelled H-I-S-T-O-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-I-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Degré de compatibilité immunologique entre deux individus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Depuis une quinzaine d’années, on a établi, en effet, qu’il existait des groupes « tissulaires », dits groupes d’histocompatibilité, comme il existe des groupes sanguins, et que les tenants d’un groupe donné supportaient mieux les greffes d’organes entre eux qu’avec ceux d’un autre groupe, quoique dans ce cas il se produise encore des phénomènes de rejet.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "histocompatibilité"?
"histocompatibilité" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-I-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\.
What does "histocompatibilité" mean?
As a noun, "histocompatibilité" means: Degré de compatibilité immunologique entre deux individus.
How do you pronounce "histocompatibilité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "histocompatibilité" is \is.to.kɔ̃.pa.ti.bi.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "histocompatibilité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list