motrices

/\mɔ.tʁis\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,260

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

motrices is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de moteur. Pronounced \mɔ.tʁis\. Often confused with matrice and motivés.

Key facts for motrices
PropertyValue
Headwordmotrices
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mɔ.tʁis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,260
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for motrices is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.tʁis\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,260 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de moteur.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for motrices, with forms such as "mmotrices", "mortices", and "motirces". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "matrice", "motivés", "motrice", 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 motrices, spelled M-O-T-R-I-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de moteur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmotrices,mortices,motirces,motrcies,motricces,motricess,motricse,motriecs,motrrices,mottrices,mtorices,omtrices

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for motrices

Misspelling Variants of "motrices"

mmotrices9mortices8motirces8motrcies8motricces9motricess9motricse8motriecs8
Misspelling Variants of "motrices"

Frequency rank: #18,260 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motrices"?
"motrices" is spelled M-O-T-R-I-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.tʁis\.
What does "motrices" mean?
As an adj, "motrices" means: Féminin pluriel de moteur.
What words are commonly confused with "motrices"?
"motrices" is commonly confused with "matrice", "motivés", "motrice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "motrices"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "motrices" is \mɔ.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "motrices" come from?
"motrices" 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.