apnée du sommeil
\ap.ne dy sɔ.mɛj\
The verdict
“apnée du sommeil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Affection caractérisée par une obstruction des voies respiratoires durant le sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-apnee-du-sommeil · apnée du sommeil · French
apnée du sommeil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | apnée du sommeil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ap.ne dy sɔ.mɛj\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “apnée du sommeil” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
apnée du sommeil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ap.ne dy sɔ.mɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Affection caractérisée par une obstruction des voies respiratoires durant le sommeil.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apnée du sommeil, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is apnée du sommeil, spelled A-P-N-É-E- -D-U- -S-O-M-M-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Affection caractérisée par une obstruction des voies respiratoires durant le sommeil.
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