médecin de famille
\med.sɛ̃ də fa.mij\
The verdict
“médecin de famille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médecin généraliste que l’on a l’habitude de consulter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | médecin de famille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \med.sɛ̃ də fa.mij\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “médecin de famille” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
médecin de famille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \med.sɛ̃ də fa.mij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médecin généraliste que l’on a l’habitude de consulter.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for médecin de famille, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists 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 médecin de famille, spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N- -D-E- -F-A-M-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Médecin généraliste que l’on a l’habitude de consulter.
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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.
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Using “médecin de famille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-É-D-E-C-I-N- -D-E- -F-A-M-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \med.sɛ̃ də fa.mij\ (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.