oncologue
\ɔ̃.kɔ.lɔɡ\
The verdict
“oncologue” is uncommon French (frequency #58,128 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,128
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médecin spécialiste en oncologie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oncologue · oncologue · French
oncologue · rank #58,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,128
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oedème
Nearest frequency peer: oedème (-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 « oncologue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- obstétricien
obstétricien
41,877 corpus weight
- oceanic
oceanic
41,876 corpus weight
- octet
octet
41,875 corpus weight
- oedème
oedème
41,874 corpus weight
- oncologue
oncologue
41,873 corpus weight
- opuscule
opuscule
41,871 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oncologue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oncologue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.kɔ.lɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oncologue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oncologue is uncommon French at frequency #58,128 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.kɔ.lɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médecin spécialiste en oncologie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for oncologue in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oncologue, spelled O-N-C-O-L-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Médecin spécialiste en oncologie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oncologue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La deuxième épreuve psychologique est celle de la première visite chez l’oncologue.
"Je pense que ce n’est même pas une décision politique, c’est une décision que chacun doit prendre", a pour sa part plaidé le président de l'Association des médecins hématologues et oncologues du Québec, Martin Champagne, lors d'une entrevue accordée à ICI RDI.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).