machine à vapeur
\ma.ʃi.n‿a va.pœʁ\
The verdict
“machine à vapeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moteur thermique à combustion externe qui transforme l’énergie thermique de la vapeur d’eau en énergie mécanique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-machine-a-vapeur · machine à vapeur · French
machine à vapeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | machine à vapeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʃi.n‿a va.pœʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « machine à vapeur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
machine à vapeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃi.n‿a va.pœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Moteur thermique à combustion externe qui transforme l’énergie thermique de la vapeur d’eau en énergie mécanique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for machine à vapeur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 vapeur, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -À- -V-A-P-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Moteur thermique à combustion externe qui transforme l’énergie thermique de la vapeur d’eau en énergie mécanique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machine à vapeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De nos jours, on a appliqué les machines à vapeur à la mouture du blé comme à toutes les autres industries.
Si l’on a trouvé le moyen d’arrêter les machines à vapeur, celui de stoper la langue d’une portière épuisera le génie des inventeurs.
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.