saturnisme
\sa.tyʁ.nism\
The verdict
“saturnisme” is uncommon French (frequency #94,251 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,251
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saturnisme · saturnisme · French
saturnisme · rank #94,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,251
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH satisferont
Nearest frequency peer: satisferont (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « saturnisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sants
sants
5,753 corpus weight
- sapienza
sapienza
5,752 corpus weight
- satisferont
satisferont
5,751 corpus weight
- saturnisme
saturnisme
5,750 corpus weight
- saupoudrage
saupoudrage
5,748 corpus weight
- saupoudrée
saupoudrée
5,747 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « saturnisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « saturnisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
saturnisme is uncommon French at frequency #94,251 among 6,032 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saturnisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous serez atteint de saturnisme.
Pour une suspicion de saturnisme, le médecin va effectuer une plombémie.
Synonyms
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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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