céphalique
\se.fa.lik\
The verdict
“céphalique” is uncommon French (frequency #87,514 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,514
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à la tête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephalique · céphalique · French
céphalique · rank #87,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,514
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cybercriminels
Nearest frequency peer: cybercriminels (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « céphalique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- custode
custode
12,489 corpus weight
- cybercrimin…
cybercriminels
12,488 corpus weight
- céphalique
céphalique
12,487 corpus weight
- dactylograp…
dactylographie
12,486 corpus weight
- daigner
daigner
12,485 corpus weight
- dain
dain
12,484 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « céphalique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | céphalique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \se.fa.lik\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « céphalique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
céphalique is uncommon French at frequency #87,514 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \se.fa.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport à la tête.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for céphalique in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is céphalique, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport à la tête.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how céphalique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toutes les parties de l’oranger, excepté les racines, sont fortifiantes, céphaliques, stomachiques, cordiales, anti-septiques ; les fleurs sont d'un fréquent usage, et les fruits sont très-sains lorsqu'ils sont bien mûrs.
— Ah ! nous y voici, madame. Je suis un épicier, un boutiquier, un ancien débitant de pâte d’amande, d’eau de Portugal, d’huile céphalique, on doit me trouver bien honoré d’avoir marié ma fille unique au fils de monsieur le baron Hulot d’Ervy, ma fille sera baronne.
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); 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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