céphalalgie

\se.fa.lal.ʒi\

/\se.fa.lal.ʒi\/ noun

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.

Key facts for céphalalgie
PropertyValue
Headwordcéphalalgie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.fa.lal.ʒi\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « céphalalgie » en français

céphalalgiereste 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

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

  1. 1
    Mal de tête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "céphalalgie"?
"céphalalgie" is spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-A-L-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.fa.lal.ʒi\.
What does "céphalalgie" mean?
As a noun, "céphalalgie" means: Mal de tête.
How do you pronounce "céphalalgie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "céphalalgie" is \se.fa.lal.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list