Céphalonie
\se.fa.lɔ.ni\
The verdict
“Céphalonie” is uncommon French (frequency #96,806 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,806
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île de Grèce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cephalonie · Céphalonie · French
Céphalonie · rank #96,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,806
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH côtelé
Nearest frequency peer: côtelé (+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 « Céphalonie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- curial
curial
3,198 corpus weight
- currently
currently
3,197 corpus weight
- Céphalonie
Céphalonie
3,195 corpus weight
- côtelé
côtelé
3,194 corpus weight
- Dagon
Dagon
3,193 corpus weight
- daire
daire
3,192 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Céphalonie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Céphalonie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \se.fa.lɔ.ni\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Céphalonie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Céphalonie is uncommon French at frequency #96,806 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \se.fa.lɔ.ni\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Île de Grèce.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Céphalonie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Céphalonie, spelled C-É-P-H-A-L-O-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1Île de Grèce.
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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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