laparotomie
\la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\
The verdict
“laparotomie” is uncommon French (frequency #92,920 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,920
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incision de la paroi abdominale et du péritoine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-laparotomie · laparotomie · French
laparotomie · rank #92,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,920
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laotiens
Nearest frequency peer: laotiens (-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 « laparotomie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- laissai
laissai
7,087 corpus weight
- lambada
lambada
7,085 corpus weight
- laotiens
laotiens
7,082 corpus weight
- laparotomie
laparotomie
7,081 corpus weight
- Latulippe
Latulippe
7,079 corpus weight
- lavements
lavements
7,077 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « laparotomie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laparotomie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « laparotomie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
laparotomie is uncommon French at frequency #92,920 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incision de la paroi abdominale et du péritoine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for laparotomie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is laparotomie, spelled L-A-P-A-R-O-T-O-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Incision de la paroi abdominale et du péritoine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how laparotomie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les 329 interventions se répartissent en 98 gastrectomies totales, 48 gastrectomies subtotales, 77 dérivations palliatives et 106 laparotomies exploratrices.
Le médecin avait pris mes doigts qui résistaient, il les avait posés doucement sur le ventre plat, et j’avais frissonné en rencontrant un rideau rigide, une chair de bois qui ne céderait qu’à la mort… — Péritonite aiguë généralisée… Une laparotomie serait inutile…
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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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