électrochoc

\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\

/\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“électrochoc” is uncommon French (frequency #55,013 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,013
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Choc électrique au niveau du crâne qui engendre une crise convulsive généralisée et une perte de conscience, utilisé à des fins thérapeutiques. → voir sismothérapie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electrochoc · électrochoc · French

électrochoc · rank #55,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,013
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH égalitarisme

Nearest frequency peer: égalitarisme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “électrochoc”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “électrochoc” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for électrochoc
PropertyValue
Headwordélectrochoc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “électrochoc” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). électrochoc lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

électrochoc is uncommon French at frequency #55,013 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for électrochoc in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is électrochoc, spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-C-H-O-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Choc électrique au niveau du crâne qui engendre une crise convulsive généralisée et une perte de conscience, utilisé à des fins thérapeutiques. → voir sismothérapie.
  2. 2
    Synonyme de sismothérapie.
  3. 3
    Événement brutal, marquant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how électrochoc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Merveilleux et terribles électrochocs qui révolutionnèrent le traitement de la mélancolie avant de devenir, 20 ans plus tard, une cible privilégiée des antipsychiatres.
  2. En 1947, aux États-Unis, on lui avait administré des électrochocs pour des troubles psychiatriques.

Synonyms

électronarcoseélectroconvulsivothérapieECTsismothérapie

This word in other languages

electroshock(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "électrochoc"?
"électrochoc" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-C-H-O-C. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\.
What does "électrochoc" mean?
As a noun, "électrochoc" means: Choc électrique au niveau du crâne qui engendre une crise convulsive généralisée et une perte de conscience, utilisé à des fins thérapeutiques. → voir sismothérapie.
How do you pronounce "électrochoc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électrochoc" is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ.ʃɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "électrochoc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éducatrices#55,010énergumènes#55,018échelonnent#55,007zoologiques#55,004
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list