médecine familiale

\me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\

/\me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\/ noun

The verdict

“médecine familiale” 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) - Branche de la médecine qui prend en charge les patients sans se limiter à des groupes de maladies relevant d'un organe, d'un âge, ou d'un sexe particulier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-medecine-familiale · médecine familiale · French

médecine familiale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-9 9 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 médecine familiale
PropertyValue
Headwordmédecine familiale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “médecine familiale” sits in French frequency

médecine familiale 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

médecine familiale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Branche de la médecine qui prend en charge les patients sans se limiter à des groupes de maladies relevant d'un organe, d'un âge, ou d'un sexe particulier.".

Zero misspellings are on record for médecine familiale in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 médecine familiale, spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E- -F-A-M-I-L-I-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Branche de la médecine qui prend en charge les patients sans se limiter à des groupes de maladies relevant d'un organe, d'un âge, ou d'un sexe particulier.

Synonyms

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "médecine familiale"?
"médecine familiale" is spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E- -F-A-M-I-L-I-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\.
What does "médecine familiale" mean?
As a noun, "médecine familiale" means: Branche de la médecine qui prend en charge les patients sans se limiter à des groupes de maladies relevant d'un organe, d'un âge, ou d'un sexe particulier.
How do you pronounce "médecine familiale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "médecine familiale" is \me.də.sin fa.mi.ljal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "médecine familiale" come from?
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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