tension artérielle
\tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\
The verdict
“tension artérielle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pression du sang dans les artères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tension-arterielle · tension artérielle · French
tension artérielle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tension artérielle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tension artérielle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tension artérielle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɑ̃.sjɔ̃ aʁ.te.ʁjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pression du sang dans les artères.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tension artérielle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tension artérielle, spelled T-E-N-S-I-O-N- -A-R-T-É-R-I-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Pression du sang dans les artères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tension artérielle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il sentait toujours l’alcool. Il avait toujours le teint coloré, le sang à la tête et Guérec pensait qu’il devait faire, lui aussi, de la tension artérielle.
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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.