maladie de Hansen

\ma.la.di də an.sɛn\

/\ma.la.di də an.sɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“maladie de Hansen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lèpre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maladie-de-hansen · maladie de Hansen · French

maladie de Hansen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for maladie de Hansen
PropertyValue
Headwordmaladie de Hansen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.la.di də an.sɛn\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « maladie de Hansen » en français

maladie de Hansenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maladie de Hansen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.la.di də an.sɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lèpre.".

No misspelling variants are generated for maladie de Hansen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is maladie de Hansen, spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E- -H-A-N-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lèpre.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maladie de Hansen"?
"maladie de Hansen" is spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E- -H-A-N-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.di də an.sɛn\.
What does "maladie de Hansen" mean?
As a noun, "maladie de Hansen" means: Lèpre.
How do you pronounce "maladie de Hansen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maladie de Hansen" is \ma.la.di də an.sɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maladie de Hansen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list