roue dentée
\ʁu dɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“roue dentée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roue munie de dents sur sa périphérie et tournant sur un axe fixe, utilisée en particulier dans les engrenages.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | roue dentée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁu dɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “roue dentée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
roue dentée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁu dɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
roue dentée doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is roue dentée, spelled R-O-U-E- -D-E-N-T-É-E.
Definition
- 1Roue munie de dents sur sa périphérie et tournant sur un axe fixe, utilisée en particulier dans les engrenages.
- 2Meuble représentant dans les armoiries une roue dont le pourtour est garni de dents. À rapprocher de engrenage, roue d’engrenage, roue de moulin, roue de Sainte-Catherine et roue d’horloge.
This word in other languages
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 “roue dentée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-O-U-E- -D-E-N-T-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁu dɑ̃.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.