microélectronique

\mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\

/\mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\/ noun

The verdict

“microélectronique” is uncommon French (frequency #75,905 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,905
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étude et fabrication de composants électroniques à l’échelle micrométrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-microelectronique · microélectronique · French

microélectronique · rank #75,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,905
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Miribel

Nearest frequency peer: Miribel (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « microélectronique »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « microélectronique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for microélectronique
PropertyValue
Headwordmicroélectronique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\
Letters17
Frequency rank#75,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « microélectronique » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).microélectroniquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Miribel » (#75,906), « mitoyennes » (#75,907), « mixant » (#75,908). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « microélectronique » est au #75,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

microélectronique is uncommon French at frequency #75,905 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étude et fabrication de composants électroniques à l’échelle micrométrique.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for microélectronique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 microélectronique, spelled M-I-C-R-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étude et fabrication de composants électroniques à l’échelle micrométrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La microélectronique utilise beaucoup le collage pour la connexion des pistes et la fixation des éléments.

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 "microélectronique"?
"microélectronique" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\.
What does "microélectronique" mean?
As a noun, "microélectronique" means: Étude et fabrication de composants électroniques à l’échelle micrométrique.
How do you pronounce "microélectronique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microélectronique" is \mi.kʁɔ.e.lɛk.tʁɔ.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "microélectronique" come from?
"microélectronique" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 17 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list