tumeur maligne
\ty.mœʁ ma.liɲ\
The verdict
“tumeur maligne” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tumeur caractérisée par une prolifération anormale de cellules.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tumeur maligne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ty.mœʁ ma.liɲ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tumeur maligne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tumeur maligne is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ty.mœʁ ma.liɲ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tumeur caractérisée par une prolifération anormale de cellules.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tumeur maligne, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tumeur maligne, spelled T-U-M-E-U-R- -M-A-L-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tumeur caractérisée par une prolifération anormale de cellules.
Antonyms
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.
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Using “tumeur maligne”
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- The one correct French spelling is T-U-M-E-U-R- -M-A-L-I-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.