main droite

\mɛ̃ dʁwat\

/\mɛ̃ dʁwat\/ noun

The verdict

“main droite” 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) - Main située du côté droit du corps, qui est utilisée pour écrire par la plupart des gens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-main-droite · main droite · French

main droite · 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 "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 main droite
PropertyValue
Headwordmain droite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛ̃ dʁwat\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “main droite” se place dans la fréquence du français

main droitereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

main droite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ̃ dʁwat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Main située du côté droit du corps, qui est utilisée pour écrire par la plupart des gens.".

No misspelling variants are generated for main droite in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 main droite, spelled M-A-I-N- -D-R-O-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Main située du côté droit du corps, qui est utilisée pour écrire par la plupart des gens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how main droite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je me suis foulée la main droite.
  2. Se dirigeant en premier au domicile d’un journaliste de mes amis, Ali Mechedi, ils l’ont tiré de chez lui au milieu des cris de sa femme et de sa mère, lui ont coupé la gorge et la main droite, puis l’ont abandonné dans une mare de sang.

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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 "main droite"?
"main droite" is spelled M-A-I-N- -D-R-O-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ̃ dʁwat\.
What does "main droite" mean?
As a noun, "main droite" means: Main située du côté droit du corps, qui est utilisée pour écrire par la plupart des gens.
How do you pronounce "main droite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "main droite" is \mɛ̃ dʁwat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list