motoriste
\mɔ.tɔ.ʁist\
The verdict
“motoriste” is uncommon French (frequency #62,457 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,457
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entreprise industrielle spécialisée dans la conception et la construction de moteurs destinés à équiper des véhicules (automobiles, avions…).
Corpus desk
Index FR-motoriste · motoriste · French
motoriste · rank #62,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,457
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Morzine
Nearest frequency peer: Morzine (-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 « motoriste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- monteront
monteront
37,547 corpus weight
- montèrent
montèrent
37,546 corpus weight
- Morzine
Morzine
37,545 corpus weight
- motoriste
motoriste
37,544 corpus weight
- mouron
mouron
37,543 corpus weight
- mues
mues
37,542 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « motoriste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | motoriste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.tɔ.ʁist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « motoriste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
motoriste is uncommon French at frequency #62,457 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.tɔ.ʁist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entreprise industrielle spécialisée dans la conception et la construction de moteurs destinés à équiper des véhicules (automobiles, avions…).".
motoriste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is motoriste, spelled M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Entreprise industrielle spécialisée dans la conception et la construction de moteurs destinés à équiper des véhicules (automobiles, avions…).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how motoriste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La SNCF d’abord, le motoriste Safran ou le constructeur aéronautique Airbus ensuite, se disent prêts à accueillir une partie des salariés qui quitteraient PSA.
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.
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