armoire électrique
\aʁ.mwaʁ e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“armoire électrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Armoire contenant des appareils électriques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armoire électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aʁ.mwaʁ e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “armoire électrique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
armoire électrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aʁ.mwaʁ e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
armoire électrique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is armoire électrique, spelled A-R-M-O-I-R-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Armoire contenant des appareils électriques.
- 2Armoire dans laquelle on loge un compteur électrique et les branchements au réseau public d'électricité.
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.
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Using “armoire électrique”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-R-M-O-I-R-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.