kinésithérapie
\ki.ne.zi.te.ʁa.pi\
The verdict
“kinésithérapie” is uncommon French (frequency #53,442 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,442
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thérapie traitant les articulations, muscles ou autres structures de soutien par des mouvements actifs (gymnastique par exemple) et passifs (tels que les massages).
Corpus desk
Index FR-kinesitherapie · kinésithérapie · French
kinésithérapie · rank #53,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,442
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kino
Nearest frequency peer: Kino (-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 « kinésithérapie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Kerguelen
Kerguelen
46,562 corpus weight
- Kharkiv
Kharkiv
46,561 corpus weight
- Kino
Kino
46,560 corpus weight
- kinésithéra…
kinésithérapie
46,559 corpus weight
- lamia
lamia
46,556 corpus weight
- lancia
lancia
46,555 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « kinésithérapie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kinésithérapie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.ne.zi.te.ʁa.pi\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #53,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « kinésithérapie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
kinésithérapie is uncommon French at frequency #53,442 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.ne.zi.te.ʁa.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thérapie traitant les articulations, muscles ou autres structures de soutien par des mouvements actifs (gymnastique par exemple) et passifs (tels que les massages).".
kinésithérapie has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is kinésithérapie, spelled K-I-N-É-S-I-T-H-É-R-A-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1Thérapie traitant les articulations, muscles ou autres structures de soutien par des mouvements actifs (gymnastique par exemple) et passifs (tels que les massages).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kinésithérapie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis son accident il doit suivre des séances de kinésithérapie.
La rééducation de l'appareil locomoteur, fait appel à de nombreuses techniques, dont la kinésithérapie qui offre des moyens de prise en charge de la douleur.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).