assistante maternelle
\a.sis.tɑ̃t ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“assistante maternelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Professionnelle qui garde un ou plusieurs jeunes enfants dans la journée, dans une résidence privée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assistante-maternelle · assistante maternelle · French
assistante maternelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « assistante maternelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
assistante maternelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.sis.tɑ̃t ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assistante maternelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assistante maternelle, selon la dénomination en vigueur, les bambins l’appelaient « tata », sauf deux ou trois, dont Julien, qu’elle avait gardés plus longtemps.
Le domicile familial ou celui d’une assistante maternelle permet indéniablement un sommeil de meilleur qualité que celui à l’école, sur couchettes, parmi une trentaine d’autres enfants plus ou moins bruyants.
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.