médecine générale

\me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\

/\me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\/ noun

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The verdict

“médecine générale” 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 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-generale · médecine générale · French

médecine générale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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 générale
PropertyValue
Headwordmédecine générale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “médecine générale” sits in French frequency

médecine générale 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 générale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\. 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.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for médecine générale, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is médecine générale, spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E- -G-É-N-É-R-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

médecine familialemédecine généraliste

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "médecine générale"?
"médecine générale" is spelled M-É-D-E-C-I-N-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\.
What does "médecine générale" mean?
As a noun, "médecine générale" 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 générale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "médecine générale" is \me.də.sin ʒe.ne.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "médecine générale" 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