machettes

\ma.ʃɛt\

/\ma.ʃɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“machettes” is uncommon French (frequency #54,704 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,704
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de machette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-machettes · machettes · French

machettes · rank #54,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,704
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH MACIF

Nearest frequency peer: MACIF (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « machettes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « machettes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for machettes
PropertyValue
Headwordmachettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʃɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,704
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « machettes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.machettestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « MACIF » (#54,705), « lyra » (#54,702), « macroscopique » (#54,706). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « machettes » est au #54,704. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

machettes is uncommon French at frequency #54,704 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de machette.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for machettes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is machettes, spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de machette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how machettes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ces voyages étaient de véritables aventures et il convenait chaque fois de se préparer au pire en emportant pelles, haches, machettes, crics, tire-forts et surtout les inévitables "caisse-popote", "lit-picot" et moustiquaires, sans oublier un ou deux manœuvres. — (Bernard Le Doux, O Tangani, Liv’éditions, 1994)

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "machettes"?
"machettes" is spelled M-A-C-H-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʃɛt\.
What does "machettes" mean?
As a noun, "machettes" means: Pluriel de machette.
How do you pronounce "machettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "machettes" is \ma.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "machettes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "machettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list