mahorais

Name: mahorais, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\

/\ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“mahorais” is uncommon French (frequency #67,680 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,680
frequency rank, French: 202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif à Mayotte et à ses habitants.

Key facts for mahorais
Property	Value
Headword	mahorais
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#67,680
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mahorais” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mahorais lands here:

#67,680

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mahorais is uncommon French at frequency #67,680 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à Mayotte et à ses habitants.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mahorais in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mahorais, spelled M-A-H-O-R-A-I-S.

Definition

1
Relatif à Mayotte et à ses habitants.

Synonyms

mayottais

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 "mahorais"?

"mahorais" is spelled M-A-H-O-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\.

What does "mahorais" mean?

As an adjective, "mahorais" means: Relatif à Mayotte et à ses habitants.

How do you pronounce "mahorais"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mahorais" is \ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mahorais" come from?

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Using “mahorais”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is M-A-H-O-R-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \ma.ɔ.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.