matamore
\ma.ta.mɔʁ\
The verdict
“matamore” is uncommon French (frequency #90,921 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,921
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faux brave, vantard plus courageux en paroles qu’en actes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matamore · matamore · French
matamore · rank #90,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,921
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mastiquer
Nearest frequency peer: mastiquer (-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 « matamore »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marylène
Marylène
9,083 corpus weight
- mascarades
mascarades
9,082 corpus weight
- mastiquer
mastiquer
9,081 corpus weight
- matamore
matamore
9,080 corpus weight
- matous
matous
9,079 corpus weight
- maximisant
maximisant
9,077 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matamore » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matamore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ta.mɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matamore » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matamore is uncommon French at frequency #90,921 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ta.mɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faux brave, vantard plus courageux en paroles qu’en actes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for matamore in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is matamore, spelled M-A-T-A-M-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Faux brave, vantard plus courageux en paroles qu’en actes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matamore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
TOULOUSE – […] Figures et poses involontairement comiques de bravaches et de matamores dans les rues.
Peut-être eût-on pu lui reprocher une exubérance de gestes qui n'était pas du meilleur goût, il avait une façon de se camper qui sentait son matamore.
This word in other languages
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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