martinet
/ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/
"martinet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“martinet” is uncommon English (frequency #87,530 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,530
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strict disciplinarian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-martinet · martinet · English
martinet · rank #87,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,530
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH marring
Nearest frequency peer: marring (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “martinet”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mangas
mangas
12,477 corpus weight
- mangling
mangling
12,476 corpus weight
- Marcion
Marcion
12,474 corpus weight
- marring
marring
12,472 corpus weight
- martinet
martinet
12,471 corpus weight
- Matsunaga
Matsunaga
12,468 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “martinet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | martinet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “martinet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
martinet is uncommon English at frequency #87,530 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæɹtɪnɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for martinet, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet. The correct English form is martinet, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1A strict disciplinarian.
- 2Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
- 3A short whip with multiple lashes once used in France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how martinet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
The same Aubrey deLint I'd dismissed for years as a 2-D martinet knelt gurneyside to squeeze my restrained hand and say ‘Just hang in there, Buckaroo,’ […]
Etymology
After the example of 17th-century French army officer Jean Martinet.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).