mastothèque
\ma.stɔ.tɛk\
The verdict
“mastothèque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marsupium qui, chez les sarigues, renferme les mamelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mastotheque · mastothèque · French
mastothèque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mastothèque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.stɔ.tɛk\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mastothèque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mastothèque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.stɔ.tɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Marsupium qui, chez les sarigues, renferme les mamelles.".
mastothèque has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mastothèque, spelled M-A-S-T-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Marsupium qui, chez les sarigues, renferme les mamelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mastothèque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma préférée restait l’australienne sur laquelle un bébé kangourou, dont la tête dépassait à peine de la mastothèque de sa mère, disait: « J’reste au chaud », enfin en anglais... hot gnagna... bref.
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.