matante
\ma.tɑ̃t\
The verdict
“matante” is uncommon French (frequency #92,983 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,983
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matante · matante · French
matante · rank #92,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,983
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH masquage
Nearest frequency peer: masquage (-2 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 « matante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marmonner
marmonner
7,024 corpus weight
- martelée
martelée
7,023 corpus weight
- masquage
masquage
7,020 corpus weight
- matante
matante
7,018 corpus weight
- Mehmed
Mehmed
7,015 corpus weight
- Memphrémagog
Memphrémagog
7,013 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.tɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matante is uncommon French at frequency #92,983 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.tɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for matante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is matante, spelled M-A-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tante.
- 2Tante.
- 3Personne hors de la famille pour laquelle quelqu’un de plus jeune a une affection de type filial.
- 4Appellation à l’adresse d’une tante, utilisée aussi par les adultes.
- 5Femme un peu ringarde, d'une autre époque.
- 6Dame référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
- 7Tante d'un des parents référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On demande à l’État de remplir le vide créé par notre retrait volontaire de la vie sociale. Avant, il y avait des citoyens, des voisins, des paroissiens, des frères, des sœurs, des mononcles, des matantes...
Ma matante est secrétaire.
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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