retour de manivelle
\ʁə.tuʁ də ma.ni.vɛl\
The verdict
“retour de manivelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Choc produit au moment de la mise en marche à la manivelle lorsque, pour une cause quelconque, le moteur se met brusquement à tourner en sens inverse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retour de manivelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tuʁ də ma.ni.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retour de manivelle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retour de manivelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.tuʁ də ma.ni.vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retour de manivelle, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is retour de manivelle, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R- -D-E- -M-A-N-I-V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Choc produit au moment de la mise en marche à la manivelle lorsque, pour une cause quelconque, le moteur se met brusquement à tourner en sens inverse.
- 2Effet négatif causé par action que l’on a déclenchée.
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 “retour de manivelle”
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- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-O-U-R- -D-E- -M-A-N-I-V-E-L-L-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.