Matadi
\ma.ta.di\
The verdict
“Matadi” is uncommon French (frequency #81,331 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,331
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et capitale du Kongo-Central, au Congo-Kinshasa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matadi · Matadi · French
Matadi · rank #81,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,331
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mastectomie
Nearest frequency peer: mastectomie (-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 « Matadi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- masseurs
masseurs
18,673 corpus weight
- massi
massi
18,672 corpus weight
- mastectomie
mastectomie
18,671 corpus weight
- Matadi
Matadi
18,670 corpus weight
- matraquer
matraquer
18,668 corpus weight
- matriarche
matriarche
18,667 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Matadi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matadi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ta.di\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Matadi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Matadi is uncommon French at frequency #81,331 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ta.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Matadi in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Matadi, spelled M-A-T-A-D-I.
Definition
- 1Ville et capitale du Kongo-Central, au Congo-Kinshasa.
- 2Commune de la ville de Matadi.
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.
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