motopropulseur

\mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\

/\mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“motopropulseur” is uncommon French (frequency #84,081 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,081
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui participe à la propulsion d’un véhicule à moteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-motopropulseur · motopropulseur · French

motopropulseur · rank #84,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,081
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH motoneiges

Nearest frequency peer: motoneiges (-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 « motopropulseur »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for motopropulseur
PropertyValue
Headwordmotopropulseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\
Letters14
Frequency rank#84,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « motopropulseur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.motopropulseurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « motoneiges » (#84,080), « moun » (#84,082), « mortalités » (#84,079). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « motopropulseur » est au #84,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

motopropulseur is uncommon French at frequency #84,081 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui participe à la propulsion d’un véhicule à moteur.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for motopropulseur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is motopropulseur, spelled M-O-T-O-P-R-O-P-U-L-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui participe à la propulsion d’un véhicule à moteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a également été l’un des premiers véhicules utilitaires sport de luxe à proposer un groupe motopropulseur hybride.
  2. C’est bien beau, toute cette technologie motopropulseuse, mais est-ce que ça fonctionne?

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 "motopropulseur"?
"motopropulseur" is spelled M-O-T-O-P-R-O-P-U-L-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\.
What does "motopropulseur" mean?
As an adjective, "motopropulseur" means: Qui participe à la propulsion d’un véhicule à moteur.
How do you pronounce "motopropulseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motopropulseur" is \mo.to.pʁɔ.pyl.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list