onde cérébrale
\ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\
The verdict
“onde cérébrale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscillation électromagnétique émise par le cerveau des êtres vivants, traduisant le rythme cérébral.
Corpus desk
Index FR-onde-cerebrale · onde cérébrale · French
onde cérébrale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « onde cérébrale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
onde cérébrale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃d se.ʁe.bʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how onde cérébrale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsque l’on écoute de la musique répétitive et sans paroles – comme la techno, la house ou encore la EDM (electronic dance music) – nos ondes cérébrales se synchronisent au rythme de la musique, déclenchant des effets apaisants ou excitants, en fonction du tempo, sur notre cerveau
This word in other languages
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