brain surgery

noun

The verdict

“brain surgery” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Branche de la chirurgie spécialisée dans le système nerveux central, neurochirurgie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-brain-surgery · brain surgery · French

brain surgery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" 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.

Key facts for brain surgery
PropertyValue
Headwordbrain surgery
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « brain surgery » en français

brain surgerysiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brain surgery is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for brain surgery in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is brain surgery, spelled B-R-A-I-N- -S-U-R-G-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Branche de la chirurgie spécialisée dans le système nerveux central, neurochirurgie.
  2. 2
    (Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative) Se dit de quelque chose d’éminemment complexe ou confus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. It’s not brain surgery.

Synonyms

neurosurgeryrocket science

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brain surgery"?
"brain surgery" is spelled B-R-A-I-N- -S-U-R-G-E-R-Y.
What does "brain surgery" mean?
As a noun, "brain surgery" means: Branche de la chirurgie spécialisée dans le système nerveux central, neurochirurgie.
What language does "brain surgery" come from?
"brain surgery" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list