rhéostat
\ʁe.ɔs.ta\
The verdict
“rhéostat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil placé dans un circuit, dont la résistance, variable, permet de modifier et de régler l'intensité du courant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rheostat · rhéostat · French
rhéostat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rhéostat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɔs.ta\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rhéostat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.ɔs.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Appareil placé dans un circuit, dont la résistance, variable, permet de modifier et de régler l'intensité du courant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rhéostat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rhéostat, spelled R-H-É-O-S-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1Appareil placé dans un circuit, dont la résistance, variable, permet de modifier et de régler l'intensité du courant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rhéostat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enfin, dès le début du modernisme, les moyens de divertissement mécanique et les salaires mensuels attirèrent vers eux toute la partie légère des habitants de la montagne ; femmes et filles glissèrent vers les cinémas et les dancings à néon, garçons et jeunes hommes s’engloutirent dans des métros un poinçon à la main, déambulèrent dans des rues cartable d…
L’opérateur-bourreau, la main sur le rhéostat…
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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.