alalie
\a.la.li\
The verdict
“alalie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aphasie, impossibilité de parler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alalie · alalie · French
alalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | alalie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.la.li\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alalie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alalie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.la.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aphasie, impossibilité de parler.".
No misspelling variants are generated for alalie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is alalie, spelled A-L-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Aphasie, impossibilité de parler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lordat parlait d’ailleurs d’alalie, comme Broca parla d’aphémie, avant que Trousseau eût imposé le terme d’aphasie.
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.