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orthophoniste

French, noun/ɔʁ.to.fo.nist/

orthophoniste is spelled O-R-T-H-O-P-H-O-N-I-S-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthophoniste is a French feminine noun meaning “speech therapist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Thérapeute paramédical(e) des troubles de la communication liés à la voix, à la parole et au langage oral et…”.

What does orthophoniste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinespeech therapist

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Thérapeute paramédical(e) des troubles de la communication liés à la voix, à la parole et au langage oral et écrit, ainsi que des troubles cognitifs et de la déglutition.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of orthophoniste

  • orthophonistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce orthophoniste?

  • /ɔʁ.to.fo.nist/
  • \ɔʁ.to.fɔ.nist\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is orthophoniste in French?

orthophoniste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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