mycose

\mi.kɔz\

/\mi.kɔz\/ noun

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The verdict

“mycose” is uncommon French (frequency #61,720 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,720
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dermatose provoquée par des champignons ou des levures parasites ou saprophytes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mycose · mycose · French

mycose · rank #61,720 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,720
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mutualisé

Nearest frequency peer: mutualisé (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mycose »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mycose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mycose
PropertyValue
Headwordmycose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kɔz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,720
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mycose » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mycosetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mutualisé » (#61,719), « médianes » (#61,721), « muselière » (#61,718). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mycose » est au #61,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mycose is uncommon French at frequency #61,720 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kɔz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dermatose provoquée par des champignons ou des levures parasites ou saprophytes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mycose in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mycose, spelled M-Y-C-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dermatose provoquée par des champignons ou des levures parasites ou saprophytes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mycose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les mycoses du poisson sont caractérisées par des croissances duveteuses comme du coton en amas.
  2. La mycose, colonisation de la bouche, du vagin, de la peau et/ou de l’intestin par un minuscule champignon, est l’illustration parfaite d’un déséquilibre en faveur de l’acide.

Synonyms

levurose

This word in other languages

mycosis(English)micosis(Español)Mykose(Deutsch)micose(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mycose"?
"mycose" is spelled M-Y-C-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kɔz\.
What does "mycose" mean?
As a noun, "mycose" means: Dermatose provoquée par des champignons ou des levures parasites ou saprophytes.
How do you pronounce "mycose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mycose" is \mi.kɔz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mycose" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mycose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meteor#61,697Ogooué#61,746Ollier#61,750McLean#61,685

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list