péritonite
\pe.ʁi.tɔ.nit\
The verdict
“péritonite” is uncommon French (frequency #63,272 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,272
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation du péritoine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-peritonite · péritonite · French
péritonite · rank #63,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,272
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH périssable
Nearest frequency peer: périssable (-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 « péritonite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- préviendra
préviendra
36,733 corpus weight
- pygmée
pygmée
36,732 corpus weight
- pyrotechniq…
pyrotechnique
36,731 corpus weight
- périssable
périssable
36,730 corpus weight
- péritonite
péritonite
36,729 corpus weight
- pétrolifères
pétrolifères
36,726 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « péritonite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | péritonite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pe.ʁi.tɔ.nit\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « péritonite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
péritonite is uncommon French at frequency #63,272 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pe.ʁi.tɔ.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation du péritoine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for péritonite, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is péritonite, spelled P-É-R-I-T-O-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation du péritoine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how péritonite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces galettes de là-bas, on ne sait pas avec quoi c'est fait. Je connais une pauvre fille à qui cela a donné une péritonite qui l'a enlevée en trois jours.
Le 18 décembre, Gambetta ressent de cruelles douleurs au ventre : l'abdomen graisseux et gonflé présente une sorte d'empâtement : c'est ce que les traités de médecine de l'époque désignent sous le nom de pérityphlite, inflammation greffée sur le cœcum et risquant de provoquer soit la péritonite simple, soit la péritonite par perforation.
This word in other languages
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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