laparotomie

\la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\

/\la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « laparotomie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for laparotomie
PropertyValue
Headwordlaparotomie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « laparotomie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).laparotomietombe 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: « laotiens » (#92,919), « Latulippe » (#92,922), « lambada » (#92,916). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laparotomie » est au #92,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Incision de la paroi abdominale et du péritoine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les 329 interventions se répartissent en 98 gastrectomies totales, 48 gastrectomies subtotales, 77 dérivations palliatives et 106 laparotomies exploratrices.
  2. 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…

Synonyms

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 "laparotomie"?
"laparotomie" is spelled L-A-P-A-R-O-T-O-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\.
What does "laparotomie" mean?
As a noun, "laparotomie" means: Incision de la paroi abdominale et du péritoine.
How do you pronounce "laparotomie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laparotomie" is \la.pa.ʁɔ.tɔ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list