mapuche

\ma.pu.tʃe\

/\ma.pu.tʃe\/ adj

The verdict

“mapuche” is uncommon French (frequency #84,045 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,045
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la langue mapuche, le mapudungun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mapuche · mapuche · French

mapuche · rank #84,045 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,045
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maracas

Nearest frequency peer: maracas (+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 « mapuche »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mapuche
PropertyValue
Headwordmapuche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.pu.tʃe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,045
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mapuche » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mapuchetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « maracas » (#84,046), « marchèrent » (#84,047), « malvoyantes » (#84,042). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mapuche » est au #84,045. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mapuche is uncommon French at frequency #84,045 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.pu.tʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for mapuche in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mapuche, spelled M-A-P-U-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la langue mapuche, le mapudungun.
  2. 2
    Relatif aux Mapuches, vivant en Argentine et au Chili.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si vous accordez plus de crédit aux racontars d’une domestique mapuche qu’à ma parole… martela-t-elle, furieuse.
  2. Nous nous sommes retrouvés à l'intérieur d’une ruka, une habitation traditionnelle mapuche, semi-circulaire avec un toit de chaume.

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 "mapuche"?
"mapuche" is spelled M-A-P-U-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.pu.tʃe\.
What does "mapuche" mean?
As an adjective, "mapuche" means: Relatif à la langue mapuche, le mapudungun.
How do you pronounce "mapuche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mapuche" is \ma.pu.tʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mapuche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list