pile électrique
\pi.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\
The verdict
“pile électrique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositif électrochimique qui transforme l’énergie d’une réaction chimique en énergie électrique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pile électrique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pile électrique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pile électrique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pile électrique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is pile électrique, spelled P-I-L-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Dispositif électrochimique qui transforme l’énergie d’une réaction chimique en énergie électrique.
- 2Appareil portatif d’éclairage doté de ce dispositif.
- 3Dispositif destiné à administrer des chocs électriques.
- 4Personne énergique, personne dynamique.
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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 “pile électrique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-E- -É-L-E-C-T-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pi.l‿e.lɛk.tʁik\ (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.