machino
\ma.ʃi.no\
The verdict
“machino” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de machiniste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-machino · machino · French
machino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | machino |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʃi.no\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « machino » en français
Rare enough to double-check
machino is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʃi.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de machiniste.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for machino, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 machino, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de machiniste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how machino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On me tendait un fil, attaché en haut dans les cintres à mi-chemin de l’autre côté de la scène et, tel Tarzan dans la jungle,je me laissais emporter côté jardin où un machino me réceptionnait au vol.
Un électro, c’est un machino qui a fait des études, expliqua Dédé à Maurice qui venait faire la connaissance des nouveaux. — Et un machino, c’est un électro qui n’est pas allé à l’école, ajouta Alain Schiltz en trinquant.
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.