motrice

/\mɔ.tʁis\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,698

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

motrice is aFrenchnoun. It means: Personne, concept ou entité générant une évolution. Pronounced \mɔ.tʁis\. Often confused with motrices and motricité.

Key facts for motrice
PropertyValue
Headwordmotrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɔ.tʁis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,698
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of motrice in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for motrice is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.tʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,698 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for motrice, with forms such as "mmotrice", "mortice", and "motirce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "motrices", "motricité", "motive", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is motrice, spelled M-O-T-R-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne, concept ou entité générant une évolution.
  2. 2
    Personne qui constitue la source de motivation principale d’un mouvement, d’une entreprise commune.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmotrice,mortice,motirce,motrcie,motricce,motriec,motrrice,mottrice,mtorice,omtrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motrice

Misspelling Variants of "motrice"

mmotrice8mortice7motirce7motrcie7motricce8motriec7motrrice8mottrice8
Misspelling Variants of "motrice"

Frequency rank: #21,698 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motrice"?
"motrice" is spelled M-O-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.tʁis\.
What does "motrice" mean?
As a noun, "motrice" means: Personne, concept ou entité générant une évolution.
What words are commonly confused with "motrice"?
"motrice" is commonly confused with "motrices", "motricité", "motive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motrice" is \mɔ.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motrice" come from?
"motrice" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.