ischémie

\is.ke.mi\

/\is.ke.mi\/ noun

The verdict

“ischémie” is uncommon French (frequency #63,102 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,102
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - , Diminution de l’apport sanguin artériel à un organe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ischemie · ischémie · French

ischémie · rank #63,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,102
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH isotopique

Nearest frequency peer: isotopique (+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 « ischémie »

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 « ischémie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ischémie
PropertyValue
Headwordischémie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\is.ke.mi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,102
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ischémie » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ischémietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « isotopique » (#63,103), « irréfléchi » (#63,100), « ivory » (#63,104). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ischémie » est au #63,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ischémie is uncommon French at frequency #63,102 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.ke.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: ", Diminution de l’apport sanguin artériel à un organe.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ischémie in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ischémie, spelled I-S-C-H-É-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    , Diminution de l’apport sanguin artériel à un organe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — anaérobiose stricte, favorisée par : • des associations microbiennes avec des pyogènes banaux, avec du Bacillus subtilis, Clostridium sporogènes, bacille pyocyanique, Welchia perfringens (il est possible que certaines bactéries anaérobies sporulées non pathogènes puissent exercer une action anti- ou eubiotique sur Cl. tetani, expliquant une inégalité de…
  2. L’émotion aidant, elle se répandit en un flot épais de larmes à la poudre de riz et, avant de parvenir au centre, elle souffrit une ischémie et un infarctus du myocarde.

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 "ischémie"?
"ischémie" is spelled I-S-C-H-É-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \is.ke.mi\.
What does "ischémie" mean?
As a noun, "ischémie" means: , Diminution de l’apport sanguin artériel à un organe.
How do you pronounce "ischémie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ischémie" is \is.ke.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ischémie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list