main droite
\mɛ̃ dʁwat\
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.
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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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | main droite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ̃ dʁwat\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “main droite” se place dans la fréquence du français
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
- 1Main située du côté droit du corps, qui est utilisée pour écrire par la plupart des gens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how main droite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me suis foulée la main droite.
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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