locomotrice
\lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tʁis\
The verdict
“locomotrice” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de locomotive à moteur diesel ou électrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-locomotrice · locomotrice · French
locomotrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | locomotrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « locomotrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
locomotrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de locomotive à moteur diesel ou électrique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for locomotrice in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is locomotrice, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de locomotive à moteur diesel ou électrique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how locomotrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour la commodité de l’opération, on avait fait atteler la veille un wagon de passagers à la locomotrice Decauville et l’attelage, luisant de tous ses cuivres, tournait au ralenti en attendant les militaires.
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.