changement de vitesse
\ʃɑ̃.ʒə.mɑ̃ də vi.tɛs\
The verdict
“changement de vitesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système qui permet au moteur d’une voiture à traction automobile de tourner plus ou moins vite et plus ou moins de fois pour un tour de roue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | changement de vitesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.ʒə.mɑ̃ də vi.tɛs\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “changement de vitesse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
changement de vitesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.ʒə.mɑ̃ də vi.tɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for changement de vitesse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is changement de vitesse, spelled C-H-A-N-G-E-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -V-I-T-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Système qui permet au moteur d’une voiture à traction automobile de tourner plus ou moins vite et plus ou moins de fois pour un tour de roue.
- 2Système qui permet de changer le développement ; dérailleur.
- 3Type de lancer utilisé par les lanceurs dans lequel la balle se déplace plus lentement que lors d’un lancer précédent.
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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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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-N-G-E-M-E-N-T- -D-E- -V-I-T-E-S-S-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.