règle à calcul
\ʁɛɡl a kal.kyl\
The verdict
“règle à calcul” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument de calcul analogique, composé de deux réglettes coulissantes, qui permet d’effectuer des opérations arithmétiques de multiplication et de division, les calculs trigonométriques et logari...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | règle à calcul |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛɡl a kal.kyl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “règle à calcul” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for règle à calcul is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛɡl a kal.kyl\. 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: "Instrument de calcul analogique, composé de deux réglettes coulissantes, qui permet d’effectuer des opérations arithmétiques de multiplication et de division, les calculs trigonométriques et logari...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for règle à calcul, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is règle à calcul, spelled R-È-G-L-E- -À- -C-A-L-C-U-L.
Definition
- 1Instrument de calcul analogique, composé de deux réglettes coulissantes, qui permet d’effectuer des opérations arithmétiques de multiplication et de division, les calculs trigonométriques et logarithmiques, ainsi que le calcul de racines carrées et cubiques, par lecture directe sur le curseur.
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- The one correct French spelling is R-È-G-L-E- -À- -C-A-L-C-U-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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