locomotive électrique

Name: locomotive électrique, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik]

/[lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik]/ noun

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

The verdict

“locomotive électrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Locomotive mue par un ou plusieurs moteurs électriques, alimentés via une ligne de contact ou un troisième rail.

Key facts for locomotive électrique
Property	Value
Headword	locomotive électrique
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik]
Letters	21
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “locomotive électrique” sits in French frequency

locomotive électrique falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

locomotive électrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Locomotive mue par un ou plusieurs moteurs électriques, alimentés via une ligne de contact ou un troisième rail.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for locomotive électrique, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 locomotive électrique, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-V-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

1
Locomotive mue par un ou plusieurs moteurs électriques, alimentés via une ligne de contact ou un troisième rail.

This word in other languages

Elektrolokomotive(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "locomotive électrique"?

"locomotive électrique" is spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-V-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik].

What does "locomotive électrique" mean?

As a noun, "locomotive électrique" means: Locomotive mue par un ou plusieurs moteurs électriques, alimentés via une ligne de contact ou un troisième rail.

How do you pronounce "locomotive électrique"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "locomotive électrique" is [lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "locomotive électrique" come from?

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Using “locomotive électrique”

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

The one correct French spelling is L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-V-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [lo.ko.mɔ.tiv‿e.lɛk.tʁik] (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.