saturnisme
\sa.tyʁ.nism\
The verdict
“saturnisme” is uncommon French (frequency #94,251 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,251
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Intoxication par le plomb, ses vapeurs ou ses sels, qui pénètrent dans l’organisme par voie digestive ou respiratoire et dont la toxicité est essentiellement hématologique, neurologique et rénale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saturnisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sa.tyʁ.nism\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saturnisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
saturnisme is uncommon French at frequency #94,251 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sa.tyʁ.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intoxication par le plomb, ses vapeurs ou ses sels, qui pénètrent dans l’organisme par voie digestive ou respiratoire et dont la toxicité est essentiellement hématologique, neurologique et rénale.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saturnisme, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is saturnisme, spelled S-A-T-U-R-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Intoxication par le plomb, ses vapeurs ou ses sels, qui pénètrent dans l’organisme par voie digestive ou respiratoire et dont la toxicité est essentiellement hématologique, neurologique et rénale.
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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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Using “saturnisme”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-A-T-U-R-N-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.tyʁ.nism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.