rotavirus
\ʁɔ.ta.vi.ʁys\
The verdict
“rotavirus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Virus de famille des Reoviridae, identifié en 1973 par Ruth Bishop à Melbourne, principal responsable de la gastro-entérite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rotavirus · rotavirus · French
rotavirus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rotavirus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ta.vi.ʁys\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “rotavirus” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
rotavirus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ta.vi.ʁys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Virus de famille des Reoviridae, identifié en 1973 par Ruth Bishop à Melbourne, principal responsable de la gastro-entérite.".
rotavirus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 rotavirus, spelled R-O-T-A-V-I-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Virus de famille des Reoviridae, identifié en 1973 par Ruth Bishop à Melbourne, principal responsable de la gastro-entérite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rotavirus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, 98 % des lapins d’élevages industriels ont été en contact avec des rotavirus.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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