néphrologie
\ne.fʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“néphrologie” is uncommon French (frequency #91,986 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,986
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialité médicale visant à prévenir, diagnostiquer et soigner les maladies des reins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nephrologie · néphrologie · French
néphrologie · rank #91,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,986
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH numismate
Nearest frequency peer: numismate (-2 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 « néphrologie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nobili
nobili
8,020 corpus weight
- numismate
numismate
8,017 corpus weight
- néphrologie
néphrologie
8,015 corpus weight
- obsidian
obsidian
8,013 corpus weight
- obstruées
obstruées
8,012 corpus weight
- obusier
obusier
8,011 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « néphrologie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | néphrologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.fʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « néphrologie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
néphrologie is uncommon French at frequency #91,986 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.fʁɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spécialité médicale visant à prévenir, diagnostiquer et soigner les maladies des reins.".
néphrologie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is néphrologie, spelled N-É-P-H-R-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Spécialité médicale visant à prévenir, diagnostiquer et soigner les maladies des reins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how néphrologie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’inclusion, traditionnelle, de ces derniers dans un livre consacré à la néphrologie répond à la physiologie puisque le rein joue un rôle primordial dans l’homéostasie du milieu intérieur.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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