machinal
\ma.ʃi.nal\
The verdict
“machinal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est semblable au jeu d’une machine, qui est produit par pur mécanisme, sans intention ni réflexion. Sans réfléchir, de manière habituelle. Automatique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-machinal · machinal · French
machinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | machinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.ʃi.nal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « machinal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
machinal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.ʃi.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est semblable au jeu d’une machine, qui est produit par pur mécanisme, sans intention ni réflexion. Sans réfléchir, de manière habituelle. Automatique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for machinal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is machinal, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est semblable au jeu d’une machine, qui est produit par pur mécanisme, sans intention ni réflexion. Sans réfléchir, de manière habituelle. Automatique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les matins, je prépare mon café de manière machinale.
Il ne peut pas s'empêcher de rire, c'est machinal chez lui.
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.