ophtalmologue
\ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔɡ\
The verdict
“ophtalmologue” is uncommon French (frequency #67,746 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,746
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de ophtalmologiste, médecin spécialisé dans les yeux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ophtalmologue · ophtalmologue · French
ophtalmologue · rank #67,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,746
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH onion
Nearest frequency peer: onion (-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 « ophtalmologue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oint
oint
32,259 corpus weight
- onion
onion
32,256 corpus weight
- ophtalmolog…
ophtalmologue
32,255 corpus weight
- opposables
opposables
32,254 corpus weight
- opposons
opposons
32,253 corpus weight
- optic
optic
32,252 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ophtalmologue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ophtalmologue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #67,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ophtalmologue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ophtalmologue is uncommon French at frequency #67,746 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔf.tal.mɔ.lɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de ophtalmologiste, médecin spécialisé dans les yeux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ophtalmologue, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ophtalmologue, spelled O-P-H-T-A-L-M-O-L-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de ophtalmologiste, médecin spécialisé dans les yeux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ophtalmologue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous êtes dispensé d’avance de frais, sur présentation de votre carte de tiers payant France Mutuelle, accompagnée de votre carte Vitale et de la prescription médicale établie par votre ophtalmologue ou votre oto-rhino-laryngologiste.
« Les yeux peuvent être fainéants, surtout au bout de plusieurs heures à scruter un écran. L’un peut alors dominer l’autre, et les deux finissent par ne plus travailler ensemble. Pour rétablir la situation, il suffit de placer son doigt en face de soi, bras tendu, et de le rapprocher peu à peu de son nez sans cesser de le fixer. Répéter cet exercice trois…
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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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