carbamazépine

\kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\

/\kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\/ noun

The verdict

“carbamazépine” 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) - Médicament soignant l’épilepsie et régulant l’humeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-carbamazepine · carbamazépine · French

carbamazépine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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 carbamazépine
PropertyValue
Headwordcarbamazépine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « carbamazépine » en français

carbamazépinereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

carbamazépine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médicament soignant l’épilepsie et régulant l’humeur.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carbamazépine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is carbamazépine, spelled C-A-R-B-A-M-A-Z-É-P-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Médicament soignant l’épilepsie et régulant l’humeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans tous ces cas de résistance ou d’intolérance, il existe heureusement un autre médicament, la carbamazépine...
  2. Les molécules comme le diazépam, la diphényl-hydantoïne, l’acide valproique et les carbamazépines ont des demi-vies trop courtes pour être utilisées comme traitement de fond.

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 "carbamazépine"?
"carbamazépine" is spelled C-A-R-B-A-M-A-Z-É-P-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\.
What does "carbamazépine" mean?
As a noun, "carbamazépine" means: Médicament soignant l’épilepsie et régulant l’humeur.
How do you pronounce "carbamazépine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carbamazépine" is \kaʁ.ba.ma.ze.pin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carbamazépine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list