paludisme
\pa.ly.dism\
The verdict
“paludisme” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,806 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,806
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie parasitaire provoquée par la présence dans le sang d'un hématozoaire nommé plasmodium. Cette maladie se transmet par les piqûres de moustiques eux-mêmes contaminés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paludisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pa.ly.dism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paludisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for paludisme is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pa.ly.dism\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,806 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maladie parasitaire provoquée par la présence dans le sang d'un hématozoaire nommé plasmodium. Cette maladie se transmet par les piqûres de moustiques eux-mêmes contaminés.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for paludisme, with forms such as "apludisme", "palduisme", and "palludisme". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is paludisme, spelled P-A-L-U-D-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie parasitaire provoquée par la présence dans le sang d'un hématozoaire nommé plasmodium. Cette maladie se transmet par les piqûres de moustiques eux-mêmes contaminés.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apludisme,palduisme,palludisme,paluddisme,paludimse,paludisem,paludismme,paludissme,paludsime,paluidsme,pauldisme,plaudisme,ppaludisme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paludisme - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “paludisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-L-U-D-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pa.ly.dism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.