magistrate

\ma.ʒis.tʁat\

/\ma.ʒis.tʁat\/ noun

The verdict

“magistrate” is uncommon French (frequency #50,342 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,342
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officière civile revêtue d’une autorité administrative.

Corpus desk

Index FR-magistrate · magistrate · French

magistrate · rank #50,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,342
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH macaque

Nearest frequency peer: macaque (-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 « magistrate »

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 « magistrate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for magistrate
PropertyValue
Headwordmagistrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ʒis.tʁat\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « magistrate » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).magistratetombe 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: « macaque » (#50,341), « léguée » (#50,340), « Makoto » (#50,344). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « magistrate » est au #50,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

magistrate is uncommon French at frequency #50,342 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ʒis.tʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

magistrate has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is magistrate, spelled M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officière civile revêtue d’une autorité administrative.
  2. 2
    Celle qui rend la justice ou la requiert (juge, procureuse ou conseillère).
  3. 3
    Juge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le préambule de la motion lue par la première magistrate Aurélie Charillon, et approuvée à l’unanimité par le conseil municipal la semaine dernière, est sans ambiguïté.
  2. A quand les notaresses, les huissières, les avouées et les magistrates ? Ça presse !

Synonyms

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); 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 "magistrate"?
"magistrate" is spelled M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ʒis.tʁat\.
What does "magistrate" mean?
As a noun, "magistrate" means: Officière civile revêtue d’une autorité administrative.
How do you pronounce "magistrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magistrate" is \ma.ʒis.tʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list