orthopède
\ɔʁ.tɔ.pɛd\
The verdict
“orthopède” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orthopédiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-orthopede · orthopède · French
orthopède · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | orthopède |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔʁ.tɔ.pɛd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « orthopède » en français
Rare enough to double-check
orthopède is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.tɔ.pɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orthopédiste.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for orthopède, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is orthopède, spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-È-D-E.
Definition
- 1Orthopédiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how orthopède appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'acquittement des deux autres médecins, en l'occurence un orthopède et un docteur en médecine interne, a également été confirmé.
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.