pneumothorax
\pnø.mo.tɔ.ʁaks\
The verdict
“pneumothorax” is uncommon French (frequency #60,286 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,286
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épanchement pathologique, accidentel ou traumatique de gaz (air ou autres gaz) dans la cavité pleurale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pneumothorax · pneumothorax · French
pneumothorax · rank #60,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,286
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH plébiscitée
Nearest frequency peer: plébiscitée (-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 « pneumothorax »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ple
ple
39,718 corpus weight
- plombières
plombières
39,717 corpus weight
- plébiscitée
plébiscitée
39,716 corpus weight
- pneumothorax
pneumothorax
39,715 corpus weight
- poireauter
poireauter
39,713 corpus weight
- politicards
politicards
39,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pneumothorax » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pneumothorax |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pnø.mo.tɔ.ʁaks\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pneumothorax » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pneumothorax is uncommon French at frequency #60,286 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \pnø.mo.tɔ.ʁaks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épanchement pathologique, accidentel ou traumatique de gaz (air ou autres gaz) dans la cavité pleurale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pneumothorax in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pneumothorax, spelled P-N-E-U-M-O-T-H-O-R-A-X.
Definition
- 1Épanchement pathologique, accidentel ou traumatique de gaz (air ou autres gaz) dans la cavité pleurale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pneumothorax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bon dans les pneumothorax artificiels totaux et subtotaux, le pronostic est plus sévère quand le pneumothorax artificiel est partiel et tout à fait mauvais quand il est petit partiel.
Un matin, plus fatigué et fébrile que de coutume, sentant une douleur au côté, il reconnut qu’il avait un pneumothorax et, dès lors, n’eut plus aucun doute sur l’issue fatale.
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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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