clé à molette
\kle a mɔ.lɛt\
The verdict
“clé à molette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Clé pourvue d’une molette transversale actionnant une crémaillère permettant le réglage de l’écartement des mors et l’ouverture variable et axiale de la mâchoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cle-a-molette · clé à molette · French
clé à molette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | clé à molette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle a mɔ.lɛt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clé à molette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clé à molette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kle a mɔ.lɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clé pourvue d’une molette transversale actionnant une crémaillère permettant le réglage de l’écartement des mors et l’ouverture variable et axiale de la mâchoire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for clé à molette in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clé à molette, spelled C-L-É- -À- -M-O-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Clé pourvue d’une molette transversale actionnant une crémaillère permettant le réglage de l’écartement des mors et l’ouverture variable et axiale de la mâchoire.
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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.