machine à calculer

\ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\

/\ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil mécanique, électromécanique puis plus récemment électronique destiné à réaliser des opérations mathématiques.

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Index FR-machine-a-calculer · machine à calculer · French

machine à calculer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" 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.

Key facts for machine à calculer
PropertyValue
Headwordmachine à calculer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « machine à calculer » en français

machine à calculern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

machine à calculer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil mécanique, électromécanique puis plus récemment électronique destiné à réaliser des opérations mathématiques.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for machine à calculer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is machine à calculer, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -À- -C-A-L-C-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appareil mécanique, électromécanique puis plus récemment électronique destiné à réaliser des opérations mathématiques.

Synonyms

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 "machine à calculer"?
"machine à calculer" is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -À- -C-A-L-C-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\.
What does "machine à calculer" mean?
As a noun, "machine à calculer" means: Appareil mécanique, électromécanique puis plus récemment électronique destiné à réaliser des opérations mathématiques.
How do you pronounce "machine à calculer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machine à calculer" is \ma.ʃi.n‿a kal.ky.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machine à calculer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list