cœliaque
\se.ljak\
The verdict
“cœliaque” is uncommon French (frequency #77,402 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,402
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux intestins.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cœliaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.ljak\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cœliaque” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cœliaque is uncommon French at frequency #77,402 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.ljak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport aux intestins.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cœliaque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 cœliaque, spelled C-Œ-L-I-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport aux intestins.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cœliaque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-Œ-L-I-A-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.ljak\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.