maladie des caissons

\ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\

/\ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pathologie provoquée à la suite d'une brusque et rapide baisse de la pression atmosphérique.

Key facts for maladie des caissons
PropertyValue
Headwordmaladie des caissons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maladie des caissons” sits in French frequency

maladie des caissons falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

maladie des caissons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pathologie provoquée à la suite d'une brusque et rapide baisse de la pression atmosphérique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for maladie des caissons in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 des caissons, spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-I-S-S-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pathologie provoquée à la suite d'une brusque et rapide baisse de la pression atmosphérique.

Synonyms

mal de décompression

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 des caissons"?
"maladie des caissons" is spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-I-S-S-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\.
What does "maladie des caissons" mean?
As a noun, "maladie des caissons" means: Pathologie provoquée à la suite d'une brusque et rapide baisse de la pression atmosphérique.
How do you pronounce "maladie des caissons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maladie des caissons" is \ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maladie des caissons" come from?
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Using “maladie des caissons”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-E-S- -C-A-I-S-S-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ma.la.di de kɛ.sɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list