orthophonie

\ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\

/\ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\/ noun

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The verdict

“orthophonie” is uncommon French (frequency #61,753 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,753
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline paramédicale s’occupant du traitement et de la rééducation des troubles du langage, de la déglutition et des fonctions cognitives.

Corpus desk

Index FR-orthophonie · orthophonie · French

orthophonie · rank #61,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,753
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Orval

Nearest frequency peer: Orval (+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 « orthophonie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « orthophonie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for orthophonie
PropertyValue
Headwordorthophonie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\
Letters11
Frequency rank#61,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « orthophonie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).orthophonietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Orval » (#61,754), « Ollier » (#61,750), « Otaku » (#61,756). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « orthophonie » est au #61,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

orthophonie is uncommon French at frequency #61,753 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline paramédicale s’occupant du traitement et de la rééducation des troubles du langage, de la déglutition et des fonctions cognitives.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for orthophonie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is orthophonie, spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-H-O-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discipline paramédicale s’occupant du traitement et de la rééducation des troubles du langage, de la déglutition et des fonctions cognitives.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how orthophonie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’orthophonie en milieu scolaire continue de n’y occuper que la portion congrue et, corrélativement, la profession en général s’y développe moins qu’ailleurs.
  2. Rééducation Orthophonique est la plus ancienne revue scientifique française d’orthophonie. Créée voilà 40 ans par Suzanne Borel-Maisonny, elle recueille actuellement un écho grandissant en France. Par ailleurs, elle fait l’objet d’une diffusion dans plus de 30 pays dans le monde.

Synonyms

logopédie

This word in other languages

logopedics(English)logopedia(Español)Logopädie(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "orthophonie"?
"orthophonie" is spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-H-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\.
What does "orthophonie" mean?
As a noun, "orthophonie" means: Discipline paramédicale s’occupant du traitement et de la rééducation des troubles du langage, de la déglutition et des fonctions cognitives.
How do you pronounce "orthophonie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "orthophonie" is \ɔʁ.tɔ.fɔ.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "orthophonie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orthophonie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pictogramme#61,782préexistant#61,807quadratique#61,814rassemblons#61,826

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list