maladie du sommeil
\ma.la.di dy sɔ.mɛj\
The verdict
“maladie du sommeil” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie parasitaire provoquée par un trypanosome, transmis par la mouche tsé-tsé.
| 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) |
Where “maladie du sommeil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for maladie du sommeil is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.la.di dy sɔ.mɛj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-L-A-D-I-E- -D-U- -S-O-M-M-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.