mastodonte

\mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\

/\mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“mastodonte” is uncommon French (frequency #50,351 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,351
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand quadrupède à dents mamelonnées, qui a beaucoup de rapport avec l’éléphant et qu’on ne connaît que par ses ossements trouvés en terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mastodonte · mastodonte · French

mastodonte · rank #50,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,351
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Massenet

Nearest frequency peer: Massenet (-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 « mastodonte »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mastodonte
PropertyValue
Headwordmastodonte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,351
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mastodonte » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mastodontetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Massenet » (#50,350), « matérialité » (#50,352), « Mascouche » (#50,349). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mastodonte » est au #50,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mastodonte is uncommon French at frequency #50,351 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mastodonte, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 mastodonte, spelled M-A-S-T-O-D-O-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand quadrupède à dents mamelonnées, qui a beaucoup de rapport avec l’éléphant et qu’on ne connaît que par ses ossements trouvés en terre.
  2. 2
    Personne d’un fort embonpoint ou chose de taille énorme.
  3. 3
    Entreprise, société, personne physique ou morale extrêmement importante dans sa spécialité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Allez voir au cabinet d’histoire naturelle le mastodonte ou dinothérium gigantœum, merveilleux fossile avec des os et des barres d’airain, qui doit être pour le moins le behemot de la Bible.
  2. En effet, c’était des animaux gigantesques, tout un troupeau de mastodontes, non plus fossiles, mais vivants, et semblables à ceux dont les restes furent découverts en 1801 dans les marais de l’Ohio!

This word in other languages

mastodon(English)mastodonte(Español)Mastodon(Deutsch)mastodonte(Português)

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 "mastodonte"?
"mastodonte" is spelled M-A-S-T-O-D-O-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\.
What does "mastodonte" mean?
As a noun, "mastodonte" means: Grand quadrupède à dents mamelonnées, qui a beaucoup de rapport avec l’éléphant et qu’on ne connaît que par ses ossements trouvés en terre.
How do you pronounce "mastodonte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mastodonte" is \mas.tɔ.dɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mastodonte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

magistrate#50,342médiations#50,378médicinale#50,379nauséabond#50,382

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list