ulcération
\yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“ulcération” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Altération moléculaire d’un tissu, par suite d’un processus morbide, avec tendance à la nécrose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ulceration · ulcération · French
ulcération · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | ulcération |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ulcération » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ulcération is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \yl.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ulcération has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ulcération, spelled U-L-C-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Altération moléculaire d’un tissu, par suite d’un processus morbide, avec tendance à la nécrose.
- 2Ulcère superficiel causé par une perte de substance d’un tégument.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ulcération appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la fin d'août 1897, 4 jours après des rapports avec une femme suspecte, il se forma chez le malade deux petites ulcérations dans le sillon rétroglandulaire qui selon le diagnostic du médecin local, présentait toutes les propriétés des chancres mous ; […].
This word in other languages
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.