A switched reluctance motor. The motor includes a first member having a plurality of teeth arranged in a plurality of phase groups, each phase group including two teeth mechanically joined together through a magnetically permeable bridge. The motor also includes a second member mounted adjacent the first member allowing relative movement between the first and second members, the second member having a plurality of teeth evenly spaced from one another by a pitch in a direction of relative movement between the first and second members. Each phase group includes a first tooth and a second tooth which is separated from the first tooth by a phase group tooth spacing in the direction of relative movement between the first and second members, the phase group tooth spacing equal to a whole multiple of the pitch plus a skewing factor or a whole multiple of the pitch minus the skewing factor.