pharmacovigilance
\faʁ.ma.ko.vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“pharmacovigilance” is uncommon French (frequency #79,610 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,610
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Activité consistant à enregistrer et évaluer les réactions résultant de l’utilisation des médicaments, afin d’assurer leur sécurité d’emploi dans des conditions normales d’utilisation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pharmacovigilance · pharmacovigilance · French
pharmacovigilance · rank #79,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,610
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH Phobos
Nearest frequency peer: Phobos (+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 « pharmacovigilance »
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Perthes
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pharmacovigilance
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- Phobos
Phobos
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- piel
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- pilotant
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pharmacovigilance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pharmacovigilance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \faʁ.ma.ko.vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #79,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pharmacovigilance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pharmacovigilance is uncommon French at frequency #79,610 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \faʁ.ma.ko.vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pharmacovigilance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pharmacovigilance, spelled P-H-A-R-M-A-C-O-V-I-G-I-L-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Activité consistant à enregistrer et évaluer les réactions résultant de l’utilisation des médicaments, afin d’assurer leur sécurité d’emploi dans des conditions normales d’utilisation.
- 2Dispositif et ensemble des moyens permettant cette surveillance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pharmacovigilance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces logiciels seront aussi utiles en santé publique. Dans toutes les grandes affaires de pharmacovigilance, comme le Mediator ou le valproate (Dépakine), les informations étaient publiques.
Les rapporteurs et co-rapporteurs, délégués du CSP, assurent l’évaluation scientifique des produits lors de la demande initiale puis au cours de leur vie post-AMM, y compris les aspects de pharmacovigilance.
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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