moyen de locomotion
\mwa.jɛ̃ də lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“moyen de locomotion” 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
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Façon de se se déplacer (en particulier, véhicule utilisé à cette fin).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moyen de locomotion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mwa.jɛ̃ də lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moyen de locomotion” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for moyen de locomotion is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mwa.jɛ̃ də lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\. 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: "Façon de se se déplacer (en particulier, véhicule utilisé à cette fin).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moyen de locomotion, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is moyen de locomotion, spelled M-O-Y-E-N- -D-E- -L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Façon de se se déplacer (en particulier, véhicule utilisé à cette fin).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “moyen de locomotion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-Y-E-N- -D-E- -L-O-C-O-M-O-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mwa.jɛ̃ də lɔ.kɔ.mɔ.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.