thrombus
\tʁɔ̃.bys\
The verdict
“thrombus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caillot sanguin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-thrombus · thrombus · French
thrombus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | thrombus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʁɔ̃.bys\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “thrombus” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
thrombus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁɔ̃.bys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caillot sanguin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thrombus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 thrombus, spelled T-H-R-O-M-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Caillot sanguin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thrombus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paradoxalement, il est recommandé d’anticoaguler à dose curative afin d’éviter la formation de thrombus intracarotidien [20, 21].
Ainsi, il paraît logique d’anticoaguler les patients présentant une cardiopathie à haut risque de récidive embolique : prothèses valvulaires mécaniques, valvulopathies mitrales, infarctus du myocarde récent, cardiomyopathies dilatées, anévrysmes ventriculaires, fibrillation auriculaire non rhumatismale associée à un thrombus intracavitaire.
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