ulcérés

\yl.se.ʁe\

/\yl.se.ʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“ulcérés” is uncommon French (frequency #90,276 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,276
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de ulcéré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ulceres · ulcérés · French

ulcérés · rank #90,276 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,276
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH ula

Nearest frequency peer: ula (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ulcérés »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ulcérés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ulcérés
PropertyValue
Headwordulcérés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\yl.se.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,276
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ulcérés » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ulcéréstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ula » (#90,275), « universaux » (#90,278), « twee » (#90,272). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « ulcérés » est au #90,276. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ulcérés is uncommon French at frequency #90,276 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \yl.se.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de ulcéré.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ulcérés in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ulcérés, spelled U-L-C-É-R-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de ulcéré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ulcérés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Et Jacques-Yves Mortaux, le roi des shampooings décapants et des analgésiques de choc, des crânes pelliculés, voire chauves, et des estomacs ulcérés, écoute le silence de son bureau insonorisé de la place Vendôme.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ulcérés"?
"ulcérés" is spelled U-L-C-É-R-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \yl.se.ʁe\.
What does "ulcérés" mean?
As an adjective, "ulcérés" means: Masculin pluriel de ulcéré.
How do you pronounce "ulcérés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ulcérés" is \yl.se.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ulcérés" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ulcérés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list