phase terminale
\faz tɛʁ.mi.nal\
The verdict
“phase terminale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étape ultime d’une maladie pour laquelle tous les traitements ont échoué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-phase-terminale · phase terminale · French
phase terminale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | phase terminale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \faz tɛʁ.mi.nal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « phase terminale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
phase terminale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \faz tɛʁ.mi.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étape ultime d’une maladie pour laquelle tous les traitements ont échoué.".
phase terminale has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is phase terminale, spelled P-H-A-S-E- -T-E-R-M-I-N-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Étape ultime d’une maladie pour laquelle tous les traitements ont échoué.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how phase terminale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le prêtre s’était renseigné auprès du personnel médical. Cancer de la plèvre, cancer pulmonaire en phase terminale.
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.