physiologiste

\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\

/\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\/ noun

The verdict

“physiologiste” is uncommon French (frequency #54,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,155
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biologiste, médecin ou vétérinaire qui étudie la physiologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-physiologiste · physiologiste · French

physiologiste · rank #54,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,155
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH physiothérapie

Nearest frequency peer: physiothérapie (+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 « physiologiste »

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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « physiologiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for physiologiste
PropertyValue
Headwordphysiologiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\
Letters13
Frequency rank#54,155
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « physiologiste » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).physiologistetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « physiothérapie » (#54,156), « persécutée » (#54,153), « pincées » (#54,157). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « physiologiste » est au #54,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

physiologiste is uncommon French at frequency #54,155 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Biologiste, médecin ou vétérinaire qui étudie la physiologie.".

physiologiste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is physiologiste, spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Biologiste, médecin ou vétérinaire qui étudie la physiologie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how physiologiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette alliance bizarre paraissait être le résultat d’une volonté puissante agissant incessamment sur un caractère faible, sur cette inconsistance particulière aux Slaves qui, tout en leur laissant un courage héroïque sur les champs de bataille, leur donne un incroyable décousu dans la conduite, une mollesse morale dont les causes devraient occuper les phy…
  2. Or, il résulte des expériences du physiologiste anglais que les contractions de la feuille de l’attrape-mouche donnent au galvanomètre les mêmes déviations que celles d'un muscle ordinaire.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "physiologiste"?
"physiologiste" is spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\.
What does "physiologiste" mean?
As a noun, "physiologiste" means: Biologiste, médecin ou vétérinaire qui étudie la physiologie.
How do you pronounce "physiologiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "physiologiste" is \fi.zjɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "physiologiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list