membre distal
\mɑ̃bʁ dis.tal\
The verdict
“membre distal” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Membre postérieur, membre inférieur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | membre distal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃bʁ dis.tal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “membre distal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for membre distal is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃bʁ dis.tal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Membre postérieur, membre inférieur.".
Zero misspellings are on record for membre distal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 membre distal, spelled M-E-M-B-R-E- -D-I-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Membre postérieur, membre inférieur.
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 “membre distal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-M-B-R-E- -D-I-S-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃bʁ dis.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.