microprocesseur

\mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\

/\mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“microprocesseur” is uncommon French (frequency #60,964 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,964
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composant électronique de petite taille formé de transistors, et chargé d'exécuter des instructions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-microprocesseur · microprocesseur · French

microprocesseur · rank #60,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,964
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH microgrammes

Nearest frequency peer: microgrammes (-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 « microprocesseur »

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 « microprocesseur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for microprocesseur
PropertyValue
Headwordmicroprocesseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\
Letters15
Frequency rank#60,964
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « microprocesseur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.microprocesseurtombe 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: « microgrammes » (#60,963), « midget » (#60,965), « Michalak » (#60,962). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « microprocesseur » est au #60,964. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

microprocesseur is uncommon French at frequency #60,964 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composant électronique de petite taille formé de transistors, et chargé d'exécuter des instructions.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for microprocesseur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is microprocesseur, spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-R-O-C-E-S-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Composant électronique de petite taille formé de transistors, et chargé d'exécuter des instructions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les microprocesseurs sont de plus en plus petits et de plus en plus puissants.
  2. Une chaussure de sport dotée d'un microprocesseur.

This word in other languages

microprocessor(English)microprocesador(Español)Mikroprozessor(Deutsch)microprocessador(Português)

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 "microprocesseur"?
"microprocesseur" is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-R-O-C-E-S-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\.
What does "microprocesseur" mean?
As a noun, "microprocesseur" means: Composant électronique de petite taille formé de transistors, et chargé d'exécuter des instructions.
How do you pronounce "microprocesseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "microprocesseur" is \mi.kʁo.pʁo.se.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "microprocesseur" come from?
"microprocesseur" 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 "microprocesseur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Montpelliérains#60,973perquisitionner#61,025scandaleusement#61,130étourdissements#61,253

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list