mameluk
\mam.luk\
The verdict
“mameluk” 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) - Variante de mamelouk, soldat égyptien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mameluk · mameluk · French
mameluk · 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 | mameluk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mam.luk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mameluk is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mam.luk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mameluk, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 mameluk, spelled M-A-M-E-L-U-K.
Definition
- 1Variante de mamelouk, soldat égyptien.
- 2Variante de mamelouk, cavalier égyptien de Bonaparte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mameluk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A cette époque les mamelucks circassiens usurpèrent l’autorité en Égypte, et donnèrent une nouvelle forme de gouvernement à la Palestine.
Les mameluks de la Garde.
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.