Céphallénie
\se.fa.le.ni\
The verdict
“Céphallénie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Variante de Céphalonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephallenie · Céphallénie · French
Céphallénie · 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 | Céphallénie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \se.fa.le.ni\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Céphallénie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \se.fa.le.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Céphalonie.".
Céphallénie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Céphallénie, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-L-É-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de Céphalonie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Céphallénie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Strabon, l. X. compte Zacynthe & Céphallénie au nombre des îles qui étoient sous la domination d’Ulysse. Il donne à l’île de Zacynthe cent soixante stades de circuit, & il la place à 60 stades de Céphallénie.
Un arrêté de Bonaparte du 17 brumaire an VI (7 novembre 1797) organisa en trois départements Cerigo (l’ancienne Cythère) au sud de la Grèce, les îles Ioniennes, dont les principales sont Corfou, Leucade ou Sainte-Maure, Céphallénie, Thiaki (l’ancienne Ithaque) et Zante, et les établissements vénitiens des côtes d’Albanie.
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.