rachitisme
\ʁa.ʃi.tism\
The verdict
“rachitisme” is uncommon French (frequency #92,096 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,096
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie grave des jeunes (nourrissons, jeunes enfants, jeunes animaux) qui se manifeste principalement par la déformation de la colonne vertébrale et de la plupart des os, avec gonflement des artic...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rachitisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ʃi.tism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rachitisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rachitisme is uncommon French at frequency #92,096 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ʃi.tism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rachitisme has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rachitisme, spelled R-A-C-H-I-T-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie grave des jeunes (nourrissons, jeunes enfants, jeunes animaux) qui se manifeste principalement par la déformation de la colonne vertébrale et de la plupart des os, avec gonflement des articulations, fractures et faiblesse musculaire par suite d’une insuffisance de calcification des os et des cartilages due à une carence en calcium, en phosphore ou en vitamine D (avitaminose D).
- 2Maladie du blé, qui empêche la tige de se développer et la rend noueuse.
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.
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Using “rachitisme”
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- The one correct French spelling is R-A-C-H-I-T-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.