matelas

\ma.tla\

/\ma.tla\/ noun

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The verdict

“matelas” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,885. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,885
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de literie rembourrée, souvent posée sur un sommier, qui couvre toute l’étendue d’un lit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-matelas · matelas · French

matelas · rank #8,885 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,885
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marianne

Nearest frequency peer: Marianne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « matelas »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « matelas » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

matelas vs Mathias
57% similar
matelas vs matelot
71% similar
matelas vs matelots
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for matelas
PropertyValue
Headwordmatelas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.tla\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,885
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « matelas »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.matelasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Marianne » (#8,884), « marchent » (#8,883), « mesdames » (#8,887). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « matelas » est au #8,885. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around matelas (IPA \ma.tla\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,885 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for matelas, with forms such as "amtelas", "maetlas", and "mateals". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Mathias", "matelot", "matelots", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is matelas, spelled M-A-T-E-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de literie rembourrée, souvent posée sur un sommier, qui couvre toute l’étendue d’un lit.
  2. 2
    Couche épaisse d’un matériau.
  3. 3
    Une grosse quantité.
  4. 4
    Importante somme d’argent, cachée ou économisée.
  5. 5
    Surnom du tacos français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how matelas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Là-dessus on étend un matelas, un pur matelas espagnol, qui ne vous empêche en aucune façon de sentir les angles du bagage entassé au hasard.
  2. […] pour les voyageurs, quelques petites chambres latérales contenant un lit orné de trois planches posées sur deux tréteaux et recouverts de ces pellicules de toile entre lesquelles flottent quelques tampons de laine que les hôteliers prétendent être des matelas, avec l’effronterie pleine de sang-froid qui les caractérise.

This word in other languages

mattress(English)colchón(Español)Matratze(Deutsch)colchão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amtelas
  • maetlas
  • mateals
  • matelass
  • matellas
  • matelsa
  • matleas
  • mattelas
  • mmatelas
  • mtaelas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matelas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amtelas2maetlas2mateals2matelass1matellas1matelsa2matleas2mattelas1
Edit distance from "matelas"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "matelas"?
"matelas" is spelled M-A-T-E-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.tla\.
What does "matelas" mean?
As a noun, "matelas" means: Pièce de literie rembourrée, souvent posée sur un sommier, qui couvre toute l’étendue d’un lit.
What words are commonly confused with "matelas"?
"matelas" is commonly confused with "Mathias", "matelot", "matelots". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "matelas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matelas" is \ma.tla\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matelas" come from?
"matelas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matelas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manques#8,882missile#8,890lycéens#8,879Molière#8,891

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

occupant10 variantspleines10 variantsestimée10 variantsdéputée10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list