anaphylaxie
\a.na.fi.lak.si\
The verdict
“anaphylaxie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction d’hypersensibilité systémique, aiguë et potentiellement mortelle, survenant rapidement après l’exposition à un allergène ou à un agent déclencheur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anaphylaxie · anaphylaxie · French
anaphylaxie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | anaphylaxie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.na.fi.lak.si\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « anaphylaxie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
anaphylaxie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.na.fi.lak.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anaphylaxie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is anaphylaxie, spelled A-N-A-P-H-Y-L-A-X-I-E.
Definition
- 1Réaction d’hypersensibilité systémique, aiguë et potentiellement mortelle, survenant rapidement après l’exposition à un allergène ou à un agent déclencheur.
- 2Réaction psychique de défense, assimilée à une hypersensibilisation progressive aux émotions.
- 3Réaction de rejet brusque et intense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anaphylaxie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’anaphylaxie systémique est l’exemple le plus grave de réaction d’hypersensibilité immédiate.
La surveillance posthomologation n’a relevé aucun problème de sécurité grave à ce jour, à l’exception de rares cas d’anaphylaxie [une forme très sévère de réaction allergique].
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.