tumeur maligne
\ty.mœʁ ma.liɲ\
The verdict
“tumeur maligne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tumeur caractérisée par une prolifération anormale de cellules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tumeur-maligne · tumeur maligne · French
tumeur maligne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | 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) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tumeur maligne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ty.mœʁ ma.liɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tumeur maligne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le but de l’imagerie est de différencier une tumeur maligne d’autres tumeurs qui ne nécessitent pas de traitement chirugical.
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.