match
\matʃ\
The verdict
“match” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #455
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lutte entre deux concurrents ou deux équipes, rencontre (sportive).
Corpus desk
Index FR-match · match · French
match · rank #455 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #455
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH longtemps
Nearest frequency peer: longtemps (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “match”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entreprise
entreprise
99,549 corpus weight
- longtemps
longtemps
99,547 corpus weight
- match
match
99,546 corpus weight
- permet
permet
99,545 corpus weight
- simple
simple
99,544 corpus weight
- voilà
voilà
99,543 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “match” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | match |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \matʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “match” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around match (IPA \matʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #455 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lutte entre deux concurrents ou deux équipes, rencontre (sportive).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for match, with forms such as "amtch", "macth", and "matcch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "matt", "math", "mate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 match, spelled M-A-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1Lutte entre deux concurrents ou deux équipes, rencontre (sportive).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how match appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La boxe est très en honneur à Panama. J'assistai à de bons matchs et quelques boxeurs noirs étaient tout près de la meilleure classe mondiale.
Sur les écrans plats, un match de foot est retransmis par la chaîne Eurosport. Estelle déteste le sport à la télé mais elle ne peut rien contre le phénomène des écrans plats qui grignotent chaque jour un peu plus les espaces publics.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amtch
- macth
- matcch
- matchh
- mathc
- mattch
- mmatch
- mtach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of match - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "match", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "match". Here's where to go from here.
- "match" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "matt". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #455 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.