somnambulisme
\sɔm.nɑ̃.by.lism\
The verdict
“somnambulisme” is uncommon French (frequency #57,603 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,603
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État, affection du somnambule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-somnambulisme · somnambulisme · French
somnambulisme · rank #57,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,603
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Soriano
Nearest frequency peer: Soriano (+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 « somnambulisme »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sniffer
sniffer
42,401 corpus weight
- sombra
sombra
42,400 corpus weight
- somnambulis…
somnambulisme
42,398 corpus weight
- Soriano
Soriano
42,397 corpus weight
- sosies
sosies
42,396 corpus weight
- souciez
souciez
42,395 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « somnambulisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | somnambulisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɔm.nɑ̃.by.lism\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #57,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « somnambulisme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
somnambulisme is uncommon French at frequency #57,603 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔm.nɑ̃.by.lism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for somnambulisme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is somnambulisme, spelled S-O-M-N-A-M-B-U-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1État, affection du somnambule.
- 2Personne ou groupe qui semble se comporter comme un somnambule, dans un état de semi-conscience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how somnambulisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois, au milieu de nous, il tombe tout à coup dans une sombre rêverie, frissonne, tremble, tourne la tête, va et vient dans le salon. Dans ce cas, il faut le laisser faire ; il serait dangereux peut-être de le réveiller, je dis le réveiller, car alors je le crois en état de somnambulisme. D’ailleurs, il se réveille tout seul, et, vous le verrez, dans c…
Un silence pieux rendit hommage à un somnambulisme aussi sincère. Ce spectacle réconfortait, à une époque où tout n’est que falsification, contrefaçon et malfaçon.
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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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