rotatoire
\ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\
The verdict
“rotatoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne la rotation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rotatoire · rotatoire · French
rotatoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | rotatoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rotatoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rotatoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɔ.ta.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne la rotation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rotatoire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rotatoire, spelled R-O-T-A-T-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne la rotation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rotatoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mouvement rotatoire.
— Monsieur, dit Gaudissart en faisant tourner la clef de sa montre à laquelle il ne cessa d’imprimer par distraction un mouvement rotatoire et périodique dont s’occupa beaucoup le fou et qui contribua peut-être à le faire tenir tranquille.
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.