machine à café
\ma.ʃi.n‿a ka.fe\
The verdict
“machine à café” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cafetière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-machine-a-cafe · machine à café · French
machine à café · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | machine à café |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʃi.n‿a ka.fe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « machine à café » en français
Rare enough to double-check
machine à café is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃi.n‿a ka.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
machine à café doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is machine à café, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E- -À- -C-A-F-É.
Definition
- 1Cafetière.
- 2Machine qui sert à préparer du café, du thé, du chocolat, etc., et dont les dimensions s’apparentent à celles d’un meuble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machine à café appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les chambres, agréables, sont équipées d'un séchoir, d'une machine à café et d'une planche et d'un fer à repasser.
La machine à café est un espace reconnu pour sa capacité à favoriser la convivialité et la détente.
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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.