assistante maternelle
\a.sis.tɑ̃t ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“assistante maternelle” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assistante maternelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.sis.tɑ̃t ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “assistante maternelle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for assistante maternelle is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.sis.tɑ̃t ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for assistante maternelle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is assistante maternelle, spelled A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-T-E- -M-A-T-E-R-N-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-T-E- -M-A-T-E-R-N-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.