céphalalgie
\se.fa.lal.ʒi\
The verdict
“céphalalgie” 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) - Mal de tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephalalgie · céphalalgie · French
céphalalgie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | céphalalgie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.fa.lal.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « céphalalgie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
céphalalgie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.fa.lal.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mal de tête.".
céphalalgie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 céphalalgie, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-A-L-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Mal de tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how céphalalgie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans certains cas, on observe en outre de la céphalalgie, de la dyspnée, du coma, symptômes qui sont presque toujours sous la dépendance de l’urémie occasionnée par la néphrite.
Il y aura toujours des gens pour penser que « ondée » est plus joli que « pluie », qui préféreront « opuscule » à « petit livre », « missive » à « lettre », « expliciter » à « expliquer », « pinacothèque » à « musée », « céphalalgie » à « mal de tête » et trouveront plus distingué d’avoir une protubérance qu’une bosse.
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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.