insomniaque
\ɛ̃.sɔm.njak\
The verdict
“insomniaque” is uncommon French (frequency #53,413 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,413
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est sujet à l’insomnie, à la privation involontaire de sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-insomniaque · insomniaque · French
insomniaque · rank #53,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,413
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH insistez
Nearest frequency peer: insistez (-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 « insomniaque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- insensibili…
insensibilité
46,590 corpus weight
- insistez
insistez
46,589 corpus weight
- insomniaque
insomniaque
46,588 corpus weight
- inspecte
inspecte
46,587 corpus weight
- intemporelle
intemporelle
46,586 corpus weight
- interceptée
interceptée
46,585 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « insomniaque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insomniaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sɔm.njak\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « insomniaque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
insomniaque is uncommon French at frequency #53,413 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.sɔm.njak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for insomniaque, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is insomniaque, spelled I-N-S-O-M-N-I-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est sujet à l’insomnie, à la privation involontaire de sommeil.
- 2Qualifie une période de sommeil coupée d’insomnies.
- 3Qui provoque l’insomnie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insomniaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette constatation faite, nous n’en avons pas moins à compter avec la nombreuse cohorte des névropathes vraiment insomniaques, qui souffrent de ne pas dormir, et qui prient instamment que le sommeil leur soit rendu.
Car la nuit est tombée, une nuit nue, vide […]. André tend l’oreille, sursaute, mais non, c’est chez le voisin, l’agent d’assurances insomniaque, que sonne le téléphone.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).