matchette
\mat.ʃɛt\
The verdict
“matchette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Machette, long couteau muni d’une lame épaisse et au manche court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matchette · matchette · French
matchette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matchette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mat.ʃɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matchette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matchette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mat.ʃɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Machette, long couteau muni d’une lame épaisse et au manche court.".
matchette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is matchette, spelled M-A-T-C-H-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Machette, long couteau muni d’une lame épaisse et au manche court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how matchette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peu de temps après il revint, descendant avec lui sur un rocher trois objets de fer : une matchette, une hache et une houe.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.