accéléromètre

Name: accéléromètre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\

/\ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“accéléromètre” is an uncommon French word, ranked #87,297 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#87,297
frequency rank, French: 13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument donnant un enregistrement proportionnel à l’accélération d’un mouvement.

Key facts for accéléromètre
Property	Value
Headword	accéléromètre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#87,297
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “accéléromètre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). accéléromètre lands here:

#87,297

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for accéléromètre is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #87,297 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for accéléromètre, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is accéléromètre, spelled A-C-C-É-L-É-R-O-M-È-T-R-E.

Definition

1
Instrument donnant un enregistrement proportionnel à l’accélération d’un mouvement.
2
Capteur qui transforme une accélération en un signal, souvent électrique, qui lui est proportionnel. — (Jean-Michel Courty et Édouard Kierlik, La Physique buissonnière, Éditions Belin – Pour la science, Paris, 2010, page 40)

This word in other languages

accelerometer(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "accéléromètre"?

"accéléromètre" is spelled A-C-C-É-L-É-R-O-M-È-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\.

What does "accéléromètre" mean?

As a noun, "accéléromètre" means: Instrument donnant un enregistrement proportionnel à l’accélération d’un mouvement.

How do you pronounce "accéléromètre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "accéléromètre" is \ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "accéléromètre" come from?

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Using “accéléromètre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is A-C-C-É-L-É-R-O-M-È-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ak.se.le.ʁɔ.mɛtʁ\ (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.