machine à laver
\ma.ʃin‿a la.ve\
The verdict
“machine à laver” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Machine pour le lavage de différents produits.
Corpus desk
Index FR-machine-a-laver · machine à laver · French
machine à laver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machine à laver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʃin‿a la.ve\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
machine à laver is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃin‿a la.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for machine à laver in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is machine à laver, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -À- -L-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Machine pour le lavage de différents produits.
- 2Appareil électro-ménager domestique destiné à laver le linge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machine à laver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Machine à laver la vaisselle, les flacons, les paniers à vendange, etc.
Est-ce que vous préféreriez une machine à laver qui sécherait votre linge aussi ?
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.