contrainte mécanique
\kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t me.ka.nik\
The verdict
“contrainte mécanique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Force par unité de surface, au niveau local.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrainte mécanique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t me.ka.nik\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contrainte mécanique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for contrainte mécanique is 20 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t me.ka.nik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Force par unité de surface, au niveau local.".
contrainte mécanique has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contrainte mécanique, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-E- -M-É-C-A-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Force par unité de surface, au niveau local.
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 “contrainte mécanique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-T-E- -M-É-C-A-N-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁɛ̃t me.ka.nik\ (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.