centrale électrique
\sɑ̃.tʁa.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“centrale 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Complexe industriel destiné à la production d’électricité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | centrale électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.tʁa.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “centrale électrique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
centrale électrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.tʁa.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Complexe industriel destiné à la production d’électricité.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for centrale électrique, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is centrale électrique, spelled C-E-N-T-R-A-L-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Complexe industriel destiné à la production d’électricité.
This word in other languages
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Using “centrale électrique”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-E-N-T-R-A-L-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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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.