moteur électrique
\mɔ.tœ.ʁ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“moteur électrique” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Machine produisant un travail mécanique à partir de l’électricité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moteur électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.tœ.ʁ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moteur électrique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for moteur électrique is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.tœ.ʁ‿e.lɛk.tʁik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Machine produisant un travail mécanique à partir de l’électricité.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moteur électrique, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is moteur électrique, spelled M-O-T-E-U-R- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Machine produisant un travail mécanique à partir de l’électricité.
This word in other languages
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Using “moteur électrique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-T-E-U-R- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.