lordose
\lɔʁ.doz\
The verdict
“lordose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courbure de la colonne vertébrale à convexité antérieure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lordose · lordose · French
lordose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lordose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔʁ.doz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lordose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lordose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔʁ.doz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lordose, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is lordose, spelled L-O-R-D-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Courbure de la colonne vertébrale à convexité antérieure.
- 2Position sexuelle réflexe chez les mammifères lors de la copulation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lordose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chez l'adulte, le rachis présente quatre courbures alternantes, de la tête jusqu'au coccyx, dans le plan sagittal … : lordose, cyphose, lordose et cyphose.
… 2 à 3 % seulement des mâles naïfs, que nous présentions à des congénères connus pour monter aussi vigoureusement des mâles que des femelles, leur répondaient en adoptant une posture de lordose.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.