matata
The verdict
“matata” is uncommon French (frequency #65,298 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,298
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Problèmes, ennuis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matata · matata · French
matata · rank #65,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,298
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mathew
Nearest frequency peer: Mathew (+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 « matata »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marcelino
Marcelino
34,707 corpus weight
- marmiton
marmiton
34,706 corpus weight
- Marylin
Marylin
34,705 corpus weight
- matata
matata
34,703 corpus weight
- Mathew
Mathew
34,702 corpus weight
- Maul
Maul
34,700 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matata » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matata |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matata » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matata is uncommon French at frequency #65,298 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Problèmes, ennuis.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for matata, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is matata, spelled M-A-T-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1Problèmes, ennuis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matata appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, lorsque je l’ai connue, elle n’avait que treize ans. D’ailleurs, lorsque la fille se trouvait déjà chez moi, son oncle est venu faire des matata et a retiré sa nièce, me menaçant de me traduire en justice.
Cométro demande alors qu'avant l'atterrissage les avions prennent contact avec la tour de contrôle pour se renseigner sur la situation, en vue d'éviter « des matata » (complications ennuis) avec les parlementaires FP de Léo.
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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