narcose
\naʁ.koz\
The verdict
“narcose” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte de conscience sous l'effet d'un narcotique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-narcose · narcose · French
narcose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | narcose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʁ.koz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « narcose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
narcose is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \naʁ.koz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for narcose in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is narcose, spelled N-A-R-C-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Perte de conscience sous l'effet d'un narcotique.
- 2Anesthésie.
- 3Narcose à l'azote, ivresse des profondeurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how narcose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En plus des expériences cliniques avec narcose mixte et barbiturique, nous avons voulu étudier électroencéphalographiquement l'action du R sur le sommeil barbiturique.
La mort survient pendant la narcose ou après l'opération.
This word in other languages
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.