xylocéphalie
\ɡzi.lo.se.fa.li\
The verdict
“xylocéphalie” 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) - Malaises matinaux (mal de tête, vertiges, etc.) dus à un abus d’alcool.
Corpus desk
Index FR-xylocephalie · xylocéphalie · French
xylocéphalie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "X" 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 | xylocéphalie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡzi.lo.se.fa.li\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « xylocéphalie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
xylocéphalie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡzi.lo.se.fa.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malaises matinaux (mal de tête, vertiges, etc.) dus à un abus d’alcool.".
xylocéphalie has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 xylocéphalie, spelled X-Y-L-O-C-É-P-H-A-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Malaises matinaux (mal de tête, vertiges, etc.) dus à un abus d’alcool.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how xylocéphalie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La xylocéphalie, cela signifie avoir une gueule de bois, un terme pseudo-scientifique pour désigner un état qu’on préfère éviter.
Synonyms
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.