mâteur
\mɑ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“mâteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui fabrique les mâts, les vergues, les barres de perroquet, les hunes, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mateur · mâteur · French
mâteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | mâteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mâteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mâteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui fabrique les mâts, les vergues, les barres de perroquet, les hunes, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mâteur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 mâteur, spelled M-Â-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui fabrique les mâts, les vergues, les barres de perroquet, les hunes, etc.
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.