stent
\stɛnt\
The verdict
“stent” is uncommon French (frequency #77,955 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,955
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endoprothèse, dispositif métallique maillé et tubulaire, glissé dans une cavité naturelle pour la maintenir ouverte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stent · stent · French
stent · rank #77,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,955
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH stetson
Nearest frequency peer: stetson (+2 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 « stent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- stamp
stamp
22,050 corpus weight
- standardiser
standardiser
22,049 corpus weight
- stent
stent
22,046 corpus weight
- stetson
stetson
22,044 corpus weight
- stigmatisée
stigmatisée
22,043 corpus weight
- stéroïde
stéroïde
22,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « stent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \stɛnt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « stent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
stent is uncommon French at frequency #77,955 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \stɛnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Endoprothèse, dispositif métallique maillé et tubulaire, glissé dans une cavité naturelle pour la maintenir ouverte.".
Zero misspellings are on record for stent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 stent, spelled S-T-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Endoprothèse, dispositif métallique maillé et tubulaire, glissé dans une cavité naturelle pour la maintenir ouverte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon l’origine de la maladie, une intervention chirurgicale peut aussi être envisagée : remplacement des valves cardiaques, pontage coronarien ou pose d’un stent pour améliorer l’oxygénation du muscle cardiaque ….
Pendant celle-ci, le chirurgien vétérinaire Romain Pizzi a posé un stent entre le cerveau et l'abdomen de l'ours brun afin de faciliter l'évacuation du liquide.
Synonyms
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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