maladie de l’égoutier
\ma.la.di də l‿e.ɡu.tje\
The verdict
“maladie de l’égoutier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom donné à la leptospirose (maladie).
Corpus desk
Index FR-maladie-de-l-egoutier · maladie de l’égoutier · French
maladie de l’égoutier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-10 10 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maladie de l’égoutier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.la.di də l‿e.ɡu.tje\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maladie de l’égoutier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.la.di də l‿e.ɡu.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom donné à la leptospirose (maladie).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maladie de l’égoutier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 l’égoutier, spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E- -L-’-É-G-O-U-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Autre nom donné à la leptospirose (maladie).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maladie de l’égoutier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On craint les rats qui ne portent plus la peste depuis le Moyen-Âge mais la maladie de l’égoutier qui nécessite des contacts répétés et directs.
La plus à craindre, à en croire l’expert, est la leptospirose. Aussi surnommée « maladie de l’égoutier » pour sa faculté à se répandre dans les milieux humides, cette maladie bactérienne est bien connue des éboueurs et est transmise à l’homme par des mammifères.
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.