laryngite

\la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\

/\la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\/ noun

The verdict

“laryngite” is uncommon French (frequency #84,004 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,004
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation aiguë ou chronique du larynx.

Corpus desk

Index FR-laryngite · laryngite · French

laryngite · rank #84,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,004
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lav

Nearest frequency peer: lav (+2 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 « laryngite »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for laryngite
PropertyValue
Headwordlaryngite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\
Letters9
Frequency rank#84,004
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « laryngite » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « lav » (#84,006), « lavable » (#84,007), « kébab » (#84,000). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « laryngite » est au #84,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

laryngite is uncommon French at frequency #84,004 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation aiguë ou chronique du larynx.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for laryngite, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is laryngite, spelled L-A-R-Y-N-G-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inflammation aiguë ou chronique du larynx.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nanon alla verrouiller la grande porte, ferma la salle, et détacha dans l’écurie un chien-loup dont la voix était cassée comme s’il avait une laryngite.
  2. En Février, j’assistai le premier malade de la rougeole, un enfant de quatorze ans, chez lequel la maladie était compliquée de gastro-entérite et de laryngite; […]

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 "laryngite"?
"laryngite" is spelled L-A-R-Y-N-G-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\.
What does "laryngite" mean?
As a noun, "laryngite" means: Inflammation aiguë ou chronique du larynx.
How do you pronounce "laryngite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laryngite" is \la.ʁɛ̃.ʒit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laryngite" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list