narcolepsie
\naʁ.kɔ.lɛp.si\
The verdict
“narcolepsie” is uncommon French (frequency #93,023 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,023
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condition neurologique caractérisée par des épisodes irrésistibles de sommeil et un désordre du sommeil général.
Corpus desk
Index FR-narcolepsie · narcolepsie · French
narcolepsie · rank #93,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,023
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nantie
Nearest frequency peer: nantie (-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 « narcolepsie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- naissons
naissons
6,981 corpus weight
- nanotubes
nanotubes
6,980 corpus weight
- nantie
nantie
6,979 corpus weight
- narcolepsie
narcolepsie
6,978 corpus weight
- nard
nard
6,977 corpus weight
- naves
naves
6,975 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « narcolepsie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | narcolepsie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʁ.kɔ.lɛp.si\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #93,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « narcolepsie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
narcolepsie is uncommon French at frequency #93,023 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \naʁ.kɔ.lɛp.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Condition neurologique caractérisée par des épisodes irrésistibles de sommeil et un désordre du sommeil général.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for narcolepsie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is narcolepsie, spelled N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Condition neurologique caractérisée par des épisodes irrésistibles de sommeil et un désordre du sommeil général.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how narcolepsie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La narcolepsie est très gênante si vous voulez devenir chauffeur routier, mais si vous êtes chercheur, cela peut être une vraie force.
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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