pilote automatique
\pi.lɔ.t‿ɔ.tɔ.ma.tik\
The verdict
“pilote automatique” 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
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - , Système électronique permettant de propulser un engin à moteur (avion ou bateau) suivant des ordres établis à l’avance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pilote automatique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pi.lɔ.t‿ɔ.tɔ.ma.tik\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pilote automatique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pilote automatique is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pi.lɔ.t‿ɔ.tɔ.ma.tik\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pilote automatique, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is pilote automatique, spelled P-I-L-O-T-E- -A-U-T-O-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1, Système électronique permettant de propulser un engin à moteur (avion ou bateau) suivant des ordres établis à l’avance.
- 2Manière désinvolte de conduire une voiture.
- 3Façon d'être qui relève plus de réflexes semi-conscients que de choix conscients et réfléchis.
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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 “pilote automatique”
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- The one correct French spelling is P-I-L-O-T-E- -A-U-T-O-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.