encéphalique
\ɑ̃.se.fa.lik\
The verdict
“encéphalique” is uncommon French (frequency #74,757 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,757
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux organes à l’intérieur du crâne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encephalique · encéphalique · French
encéphalique · rank #74,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,757
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH endeuillée
Nearest frequency peer: endeuillée (+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 « encéphalique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empruntera
empruntera
25,247 corpus weight
- encastrés
encastrés
25,246 corpus weight
- encéphalique
encéphalique
25,244 corpus weight
- endeuillée
endeuillée
25,243 corpus weight
- endurcie
endurcie
25,242 corpus weight
- enfuyant
enfuyant
25,241 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « encéphalique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encéphalique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.se.fa.lik\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « encéphalique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
encéphalique is uncommon French at frequency #74,757 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.se.fa.lik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport aux organes à l’intérieur du crâne.".
encéphalique has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is encéphalique, spelled E-N-C-É-P-H-A-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport aux organes à l’intérieur du crâne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encéphalique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Membranes encéphaliques.
Vaisseaux encéphaliques.
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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