hydroélectricité

Name: hydroélectricité, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\

/\i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“hydroélectricité” has 26 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,839
frequency rank, French: 109,908
“H” headwords: 26
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Électricité obtenue par conversion de l'énergie cinétique des différents flux d'eau des fleuves, rivières, marées, courants marins… laquelle est transformée en énergie mécanique par une turbine, pu...

Key facts for hydroélectricité
Property	Value
Headword	hydroélectricité
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#39,839
Misspellings tracked	26
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hydroélectricité” 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). hydroélectricité lands here:

#39,839

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 26 spelling variants around hydroélectricité (IPA \i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,839 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 26 likely wrong-spelling variants for hydroélectricité, with forms such as "hdyroélectricité", "hhydroélectricité", and "hyddroélectricité". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hydroélectricité, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-T-É.

Definition

1
Électricité obtenue par conversion de l'énergie cinétique des différents flux d'eau des fleuves, rivières, marées, courants marins… laquelle est transformée en énergie mécanique par une turbine, puis en énergie électrique par un alternateur.
2
Industrie hydroélectrique.

Synonyms

hydroélectrique houille blanche

This word in other languages

hydroelectricity(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

hdyroélectricité
hhydroélectricité
hyddroélectricité
hydorélectricité
hydroelectricite
hydroléectricité
hydroéelctricité
hydroélcetricité
hydroélecctricité
hydroélecrticité
hydroélectircité
hydroélectrciité
hydroélectriccité
hydroélectricitté
hydroélectriciét
hydroélectrictié
hydroélectriicté
hydroélectrricité
hydroélecttricité
hydroéletcricité
hydroéllectricité
hydrroélectricité
hydréolectricité
hyrdoélectricité
hyydroélectricité
yhdroélectricité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hydroélectricité - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "hydroélectricité"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hydroélectricité"?

"hydroélectricité" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\.

What does "hydroélectricité" mean?

As a noun, "hydroélectricité" means: Électricité obtenue par conversion de l'énergie cinétique des différents flux d'eau des fleuves, rivières, marées, courants marins… laquelle est transformée en énergie mécanique par une turbine, pu...

What are common misspellings of "hydroélectricité"?

Common misspellings include "hdyroélectricité", "hhydroélectricité", "hyddroélectricité", "hydorélectricité", "hydroelectricite". The correct spelling is "hydroélectricité".

How do you pronounce "hydroélectricité"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydroélectricité" is \i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hydroélectricité" come from?

"hydroélectricité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “hydroélectricité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is H-Y-D-R-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \i.dʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁi.si.te\ (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.