lait maternel
\lɛ ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“lait maternel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lait produit par le corps de la femme pour son bébé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lait-maternel · lait maternel · French
lait maternel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lait maternel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lait maternel” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lait maternel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ ma.tɛʁ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lait produit par le corps de la femme pour son bébé.".
lait maternel has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is lait maternel, spelled L-A-I-T- -M-A-T-E-R-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Lait produit par le corps de la femme pour son bébé.
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