locomoteur
\lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“locomoteur” is uncommon French (frequency #87,808 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,808
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui opère la locomotion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-locomoteur · locomoteur · French
locomoteur · rank #87,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,808
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lionnel
Nearest frequency peer: Lionnel (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « locomoteur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Leyden
Leyden
12,196 corpus weight
- Lieusaint
Lieusaint
12,195 corpus weight
- Lionnel
Lionnel
12,194 corpus weight
- locomoteur
locomoteur
12,193 corpus weight
- logez
logez
12,192 corpus weight
- loli
loli
12,191 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « locomoteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locomoteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « locomoteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
locomoteur is uncommon French at frequency #87,808 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui opère la locomotion.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for locomoteur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 locomoteur, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui opère la locomotion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how locomoteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; le grand échassier de cheval de course ne pourra jamais lutter pour le fond contre un de nos bons chevaux de trait qui a les rayons locomoteurs plus courts et les muscles plus forts sans être aussi longs.
Faculté locomotrice.
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.
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