hydro-électrique
\i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“hydro-électrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de hydroélectrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hydro-electrique · hydro-électrique · French
hydro-électrique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hydro-électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hydro-électrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \i.dʁo.e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de hydroélectrique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hydro-électrique in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is hydro-électrique, spelled H-Y-D-R-O---É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de hydroélectrique.
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.