mécanicien

\me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\

/\me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mécanicien” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,194
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui invente, conçoit, construit des machines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mecanicien · mécanicien · French

mécanicien · rank #15,194 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,194
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mêlant

Nearest frequency peer: mêlant (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mécanicien »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mécanicien » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mécanicien vs mécaniciens
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mécanicien
PropertyValue
Headwordmécanicien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,194
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mécanicien »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mécaniciense place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mêlant » (#15,195), « nazie » (#15,196), « moralement » (#15,191). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mécanicien » est au #15,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around mécanicien (IPA \me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,194 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for mécanicien, with forms such as "mcéanicien", "mecanicien", and "mmécanicien". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mécaniciens", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 mécanicien, spelled M-É-C-A-N-I-C-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui invente, conçoit, construit des machines.
  2. 2
    Ouvrier mécanicien.
  3. 3
    Celui qui monte, répare, règle les machines.
  4. 4
    Ouvrier qui travaille à la machine à coudre.
  5. 5
    Celui qui conduit une locomotive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ingénieur mécanicien. - Chef mécanicien. -
  2. Le tuyautage de la turbine est fêlé au ras de la coque, les mécaniciens font une réparation de fortune ; […].

Synonyms

👨🔧agent de conduite

This word in other languages

mechanic(English)mecánico(Español)Mechaniker(Deutsch)mecânica(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mcéanicien
  • mecanicien
  • mmécanicien
  • méacnicien
  • mécaincien
  • mécanciien
  • mécaniccien
  • mécanicein
  • mécanicienn
  • mécanicine
  • mécaniicen
  • mécannicien
  • méccanicien
  • mécnaicien
  • émcanicien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mécanicien - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mcéanicien2mecanicien1mmécanicien1méacnicien2mécaincien2mécanciien2mécaniccien1mécanicein2
Edit distance from "mécanicien"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mécanicien"?
"mécanicien" is spelled M-É-C-A-N-I-C-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\.
What does "mécanicien" mean?
As a noun, "mécanicien" means: Celui qui invente, conçoit, construit des machines.
What words are commonly confused with "mécanicien"?
"mécanicien" is commonly confused with "mécaniciens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mécanicien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mécanicien" is \me.ka.ni.sjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mécanicien" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mécanicien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

moralement#15,191monétaires#15,190migratoire#15,185retrouvons#15,233

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

préférant15 variantsimaginaires15 variantsregrettable15 variantsrévélateur15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list