mafique
\ma.fik\
The verdict
“mafique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Qualifie un minéral, surtout un silicate, riche en magnésium et en fer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mafique · mafique · French
mafique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | mafique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.fik\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mafique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mafique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.fik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualifie un minéral, surtout un silicate, riche en magnésium et en fer.".
mafique doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 mafique, spelled M-A-F-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qualifie un minéral, surtout un silicate, riche en magnésium et en fer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mafique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soumises à un métamorphisme moyen à intense, les roches mafiques tendent à acquérir une texture rubanée, […].
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.