posologie

\po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“posologie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,522
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la médecine et de la pharmacologie qui s’occupe des doses auxquelles on doit employer les médicaments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-posologie · posologie · French

posologie · rank #47,522 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,522
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH portillon

Nearest frequency peer: portillon (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « posologie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « posologie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for posologie
PropertyValue
Headwordposologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,522
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « posologie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).posologiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « portillon » (#47,521), « postulants » (#47,523), « popotin » (#47,520). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « posologie » est au #47,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around posologie (IPA \po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,522 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for posologie, with forms such as "opsologie", "pooslogie", and "posloogie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is posologie, spelled P-O-S-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la médecine et de la pharmacologie qui s’occupe des doses auxquelles on doit employer les médicaments.
  2. 2
    Dose et fréquence auxquelles doit être administré un médicament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En période de circulation du virus, pour l’adulte présentant des symptômes typiques de grippe, la posologie est de 1 gélule soit 75 mg matin et soir pendant 5 jours.
  2. N’oublie pas ce qu’a dit le médecin : cinq gouttes. La posologie, ça s’appelle. Et de la posologie au veuvage, c’est une question de gouttes !

Synonyms

dosologieposo

This word in other languages

posology(English)posología(Español)Dosierung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opsologie
  • pooslogie
  • posloogie
  • posolgoie
  • posollogie
  • posologei
  • posologgie
  • posoloige
  • posoolgie
  • possologie
  • pposologie
  • psoologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of posologie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opsologie2pooslogie2posloogie2posolgoie2posollogie1posologei2posologgie1posoloige2
Edit distance from "posologie"

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 "posologie"?
"posologie" is spelled P-O-S-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "posologie" mean?
As a noun, "posologie" means: Partie de la médecine et de la pharmacologie qui s’occupe des doses auxquelles on doit employer les médicaments.
What are common misspellings of "posologie"?
Common misspellings include "opsologie", "pooslogie", "posloogie", "posolgoie", "posollogie". The correct spelling is "posologie".
How do you pronounce "posologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "posologie" is \po.zɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "posologie" come from?
"posologie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

portillon#47,521pouilleux#47,524procédons#47,528percement#47,510

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

plantain12 variantsproprios12 variantsPetersen12 variantspenseras12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list