mathématicienne
\ma.te.ma.ti.sjɛn\
The verdict
“mathématicienne” is uncommon French (frequency #96,115 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,115
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui fait son étude principale des mathématiques, qui s'occupe d'ouvrages ou de travaux relatifs à cette science.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mathematicienne · mathématicienne · French
mathématicienne · rank #96,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,115
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Matsu
Nearest frequency peer: Matsu (+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 « mathématicienne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- massées
massées
3,889 corpus weight
- masterpiece
masterpiece
3,888 corpus weight
- mathématici…
mathématicienne
3,886 corpus weight
- Matsu
Matsu
3,885 corpus weight
- mauna
mauna
3,884 corpus weight
- mazas
mazas
3,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mathématicienne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mathématicienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.te.ma.ti.sjɛn\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #96,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mathématicienne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mathématicienne is uncommon French at frequency #96,115 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.te.ma.ti.sjɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle qui fait son étude principale des mathématiques, qui s'occupe d'ouvrages ou de travaux relatifs à cette science.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mathématicienne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mathématicienne, spelled M-A-T-H-É-M-A-T-I-C-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui fait son étude principale des mathématiques, qui s'occupe d'ouvrages ou de travaux relatifs à cette science.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mathématicienne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se souvient que Selby lui a confié que sa sœur était une mathématicienne hors de pair, supérieure à lui.
La mathématicienne devient la première femme à obtenir un prix de l’Académie des sciences dans une discipline à l’époque entièrement masculine.
This word in other languages
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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