hydrolienne

\i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\

/\i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“hydrolienne” is uncommon French (frequency #85,805 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,805
frequency rank, French
109,908
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Turbine immergée qui utilise l’énergie des courants marins, et parfois fluviaux, pour produire de l’électricité.

Key facts for hydrolienne
PropertyValue
Headwordhydrolienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hydrolienne” 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). hydrolienne lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hydrolienne is uncommon French at frequency #85,805 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Turbine immergée qui utilise l’énergie des courants marins, et parfois fluviaux, pour produire de l’électricité.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hydrolienne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is hydrolienne, spelled H-Y-D-R-O-L-I-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Turbine immergée qui utilise l’énergie des courants marins, et parfois fluviaux, pour produire de l’électricité.

This word in other languages

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 "hydrolienne"?
"hydrolienne" is spelled H-Y-D-R-O-L-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\.
What does "hydrolienne" mean?
As a noun, "hydrolienne" means: Turbine immergée qui utilise l’énergie des courants marins, et parfois fluviaux, pour produire de l’électricité.
How do you pronounce "hydrolienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hydrolienne" is \i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hydrolienne" come from?
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Using “hydrolienne”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is H-Y-D-R-O-L-I-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \i.dʁɔ.ljɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list