moteur

\mɔ.tœʁ\

/\mɔ.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“moteur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,705
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui donne le mouvement ; qui anime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moteur · moteur · French

moteur · rank #1,705 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,705
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH max

Nearest frequency peer: max (-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 « moteur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moteur » 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).

moteur vs motor
67% similar
moteur vs muter
67% similar
moteur vs motus
67% similar

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

Key facts for moteur
PropertyValue
Headwordmoteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.tœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,705
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moteur »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « max » (#1,704), « officiel » (#1,706), « humaine » (#1,703). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moteur » est au #1,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around moteur (IPA \mɔ.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,705 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui donne le mouvement ; qui anime.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for moteur, with forms such as "mmoteur", "moetur", and "moteru". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "motor", "muter", "motus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 moteur, spelled M-O-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui donne le mouvement ; qui anime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous les états de la sensibilité sont moteurs. Le langage lui-même en contient la preuve. Il les appelle des émotions.
  2. Pour remettre la machine en mouvement, on dirige d’abord l’arbre moteur dans le sens du vent, puis on écarte les voiles afin de garnir de nouveau les ailes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoteur
  • moetur
  • moteru
  • moteurr
  • motteur
  • motuer
  • mtoeur
  • omteur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moteur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmoteur1moetur2moteru2moteurr1motteur1motuer2mtoeur2omteur2
Edit distance from "moteur"

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 "moteur"?
"moteur" is spelled M-O-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.tœʁ\.
What does "moteur" mean?
As an adjective, "moteur" means: Qui donne le mouvement ; qui anime.
What words are commonly confused with "moteur"?
"moteur" is commonly confused with "motor", "muter", "motus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moteur" is \mɔ.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moteur" come from?
"moteur" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

examen#1,702patron#1,710Claude#1,696baisse#1,693

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

types8 variantscivile8 variantsrevoir8 variantspalais8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list