sepsis
\sɛp.si\
The verdict
“sepsis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État inflammatoire d’origine infectieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sepsis · sepsis · French
sepsis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sepsis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛp.si\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sepsis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛp.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État inflammatoire d’origine infectieuse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sepsis, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sepsis, spelled S-E-P-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1État inflammatoire d’origine infectieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sepsis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sepsis sévère et le choc septique sont des maladies fréquentes (plusieurs centaines de milliers de cas chaque année en Europe occidentale) et grevées d’une mortalité importante allant de 30 à plus de 70 %.
Le sepsis est défini par la présence concomitante d’une infection et d’une réponse systémique inflammatoire appelée SIRS.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.