physiothérapie

\fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\

/\fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\/ noun

The verdict

“physiothérapie” is uncommon French (frequency #54,156 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,156
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de physicothérapie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-physiotherapie · physiothérapie · French

physiothérapie · rank #54,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,156
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH physiologiste

Nearest frequency peer: physiologiste (-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 « physiothérapie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for physiothérapie
PropertyValue
Headwordphysiothérapie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\
Letters14
Frequency rank#54,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « physiothérapie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).physiothérapietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « physiologiste » (#54,155), « pincées » (#54,157), « pipo » (#54,158). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « physiothérapie » est au #54,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

physiothérapie is uncommon French at frequency #54,156 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

physiothérapie has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is physiothérapie, spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-T-H-É-R-A-P-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de physicothérapie.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de kinésithérapie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La physiothérapie est une discipline de la santé intervenant au niveau de la prévention et promotion de la santé, de l’évaluation, du diagnostic, du traitement et de la réadaptation des déficiences et incapacités touchant les systèmes neurologique, musculosquelettique et cardiorespiratoire de la personne.
  2. Les garçons font leur maturité, les trois filles arrêteront l’école juste avant cette échéance, l’une pour commencer la physiothérapie, l’autre pour faire sa BA, la troisième travailler et se payer le Conservatoire à Paris.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "physiothérapie"?
"physiothérapie" is spelled P-H-Y-S-I-O-T-H-É-R-A-P-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\.
What does "physiothérapie" mean?
As a noun, "physiothérapie" means: Synonyme de physicothérapie.
How do you pronounce "physiothérapie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "physiothérapie" is \fi.zjo.te.ʁa.pi\. 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 "physiothérapie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list