méthilepsie
\me.ti.lɛ.psi\
The verdict
“méthilepsie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom de la dipsomanie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-methilepsie · méthilepsie · French
méthilepsie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | méthilepsie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ti.lɛ.psi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
méthilepsie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ti.lɛ.psi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom de la dipsomanie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for méthilepsie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is méthilepsie, spelled M-É-T-H-I-L-E-P-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Autre nom de la dipsomanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how méthilepsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut rapprocher de la potomanie la dipsomanie (Hugeland) ou méthilepsie ou méthomanie représentant une « véritable fureur de boire » (Salvatori, 1817).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.