maladie du sommeil
\ma.la.di dy sɔ.mɛj\
The verdict
“maladie du sommeil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie parasitaire provoquée par un trypanosome, transmis par la mouche tsé-tsé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maladie-du-sommeil · maladie du sommeil · French
maladie du sommeil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | maladie du sommeil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.la.di dy sɔ.mɛj\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maladie du sommeil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.la.di dy sɔ.mɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maladie parasitaire provoquée par un trypanosome, transmis par la mouche tsé-tsé.".
maladie du sommeil has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maladie du sommeil, spelled M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-U- -S-O-M-M-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Maladie parasitaire provoquée par un trypanosome, transmis par la mouche tsé-tsé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maladie du sommeil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je joue de malheur! On dirait que le village entier est atteint de la maladie du sommeil!
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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.