prostatectomie

\pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\

/\pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\/ noun

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The verdict

“prostatectomie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Ablation de la prostate, des vésicules séminales et des ampoules déférentielles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-prostatectomie · prostatectomie · French

prostatectomie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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.

Key facts for prostatectomie
PropertyValue
Headwordprostatectomie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prostatectomie” sits in French frequency

prostatectomie falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prostatectomie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ablation de la prostate, des vésicules séminales et des ampoules déférentielles.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prostatectomie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is prostatectomie, spelled P-R-O-S-T-A-T-E-C-T-O-M-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ablation de la prostate, des vésicules séminales et des ampoules déférentielles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’était un brillant chirurgien [Robert Proust], qui réalisa avec succès, en 1901, la première prostatectomie en France. En hommage, des générations d’étudiants en médecine allaient appeler cela un « proustatectomie ».

This word in other languages

prostatectomy(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prostatectomie"?
"prostatectomie" is spelled P-R-O-S-T-A-T-E-C-T-O-M-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\.
What does "prostatectomie" mean?
As a noun, "prostatectomie" means: Ablation de la prostate, des vésicules séminales et des ampoules déférentielles.
How do you pronounce "prostatectomie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prostatectomie" is \pʁɔs.ta.tɛk.tɔ.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prostatectomie" come from?
"prostatectomie" 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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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list