télencéphale

noun

The verdict

“télencéphale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble constitué par les hémisphères cérébraux (cortex cérébral, substance blanche et structures sous-corticales) et des structures associées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-telencephale · télencéphale · French

télencéphale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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.

Key facts for télencéphale
PropertyValue
Headwordtélencéphale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « télencéphale » en français

télencéphalen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

télencéphale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble constitué par les hémisphères cérébraux (cortex cérébral, substance blanche et structures sous-corticales) et des structures associées.".

télencéphale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 télencéphale, spelled T-É-L-E-N-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble constitué par les hémisphères cérébraux (cortex cérébral, substance blanche et structures sous-corticales) et des structures associées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how télencéphale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le télencéphale apparaît au stade 5 vésicules du neurodéveloppement embryonnaire, lorsque le prosencéphale se divise en deux, la partie rostrale formant le télencéphale et la partie caudale donnant le diencéphale.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "télencéphale"?
"télencéphale" is spelled T-É-L-E-N-C-É-P-H-A-L-E.
What does "télencéphale" mean?
As a noun, "télencéphale" means: Ensemble constitué par les hémisphères cérébraux (cortex cérébral, substance blanche et structures sous-corticales) et des structures associées.
What language does "télencéphale" come from?
"télencéphale" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list