onde cérébrale
\ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\
The verdict
“onde cérébrale” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oscillation électromagnétique émise par le cerveau des êtres vivants, traduisant le rythme cérébral.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | onde cérébrale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “onde cérébrale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for onde cérébrale is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\. 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: "Oscillation électromagnétique émise par le cerveau des êtres vivants, traduisant le rythme cérébral.".
onde cérébrale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is onde cérébrale, spelled O-N-D-E- -C-É-R-É-B-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Oscillation électromagnétique émise par le cerveau des êtres vivants, traduisant le rythme cérébral.
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.
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Using “onde cérébrale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-N-D-E- -C-É-R-É-B-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.