pénectomie
\pe.nɛk.tɔ.mi\
The verdict
“pénectomie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervention chirurgicale qui consiste en l’ablation partielle ou totale du pénis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-penectomie · pénectomie · French
pénectomie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | pénectomie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.nɛk.tɔ.mi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
pénectomie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.nɛk.tɔ.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intervention chirurgicale qui consiste en l’ablation partielle ou totale du pénis.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pénectomie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pénectomie, spelled P-É-N-E-C-T-O-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Intervention chirurgicale qui consiste en l’ablation partielle ou totale du pénis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pénectomie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En attendant, un homme peut se changer en femme, après pénectomie et vaginoplastie, et une femme se réveiller en homme ,après mammectomie et implant pénien.
Synonyms
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.