décharge électrique
\de.ʃaʁ.ʒ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“décharge électrique” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perte de charge électrique d'un composant électrique (pile, accumulateur, condensateur, batterie), par transfert d'énergie à un consommateur, par autodécharge, voire par un court-circuit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décharge électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʃaʁ.ʒ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décharge électrique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for décharge électrique is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ʃaʁ.ʒ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
décharge électrique has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is décharge électrique, spelled D-É-C-H-A-R-G-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Perte de charge électrique d'un composant électrique (pile, accumulateur, condensateur, batterie), par transfert d'énergie à un consommateur, par autodécharge, voire par un court-circuit.
- 2Électrisation d'un être vivant.
- 3Courant électrique s'établissant lorsque le champ électrique dans un isolant est trop grand, provoquant un claquage, avec des phénomènes différents, brutaux ou stables, par exemple l'arc électrique (dont la foudre et la décharge électrostatique), ainsi que la décharge luminescente.
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 “décharge électrique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-H-A-R-G-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ʃaʁ.ʒ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ (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.