photoélectrique
\fo.to.e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“photoélectrique” is uncommon French (frequency #91,029 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,029
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux phénomènes électriques liés à la lumière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-photoelectrique · photoélectrique · French
photoélectrique · rank #91,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,029
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH pfffff
Nearest frequency peer: pfffff (-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 « photoélectrique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pestilentie…
pestilentielle
8,975 corpus weight
- pfffff
pfffff
8,973 corpus weight
- photoélectr…
photoélectrique
8,972 corpus weight
- phraséologie
phraséologie
8,971 corpus weight
- phytopharma…
phytopharmaceutiques
8,970 corpus weight
- phéniciennes
phéniciennes
8,969 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « photoélectrique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | photoélectrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fo.to.e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #91,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « photoélectrique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
photoélectrique is uncommon French at frequency #91,029 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fo.to.e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux phénomènes électriques liés à la lumière.".
Zero misspellings are on record for photoélectrique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is photoélectrique, spelled P-H-O-T-O-É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux phénomènes électriques liés à la lumière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how photoélectrique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La découverte de l'effet photoélectrique par Hertz, en 1887, apporte le premier exemple d'un phénomène d'action de la lumière sur la matière que la conception ondulatoire de la lumière n'est pas capable d'interpréter.
This word in other languages
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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