mathématique

Name: mathématique, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.te.ma.tik\

/\ma.te.ma.tik\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mathématique” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,038
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est relatif aux mathématiques, à la science des nombres, des figures et des mouvements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mathematique · mathématique · French

mathématique · rank #9,038 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #9,038
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 18 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH marseillais

Nearest frequency peer: marseillais (-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.

marocaine

90,966
marquant

90,965
marseillais

90,964
mathématique

90,963
mature

90,962
matériau

90,961

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

mathématique vs mathématiques

92% similar

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

Key facts for mathématique
Property	Value
Headword	mathématique
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ma.te.ma.tik\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#9,038
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mathématique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mathématiquese place ici:

#9,038

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marseillais » (#9,037), « mature » (#9,039), « marquant » (#9,036). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mathématique » est au #9,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around mathématique (IPA \ma.te.ma.tik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,038 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for mathématique, with forms such as "amthématique", "mahtématique", and "mathematique". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "mathématiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mathématique, spelled M-A-T-H-É-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

1
Qui est relatif aux mathématiques, à la science des nombres, des figures et des mouvements.
2
Qui résulte de qualités propres au raisonnement mathématique, déductif, rigoureux, exact, etc.
3
Qui manque d’émotion.
4
Absolument certain, inévitable
5
Qui est apte à l’étude ou à la pratique des mathématiques.
6
Purement abstrait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ce virage computationnel des sciences humaines menace également de pérenniser inutilement le sempiternel clivage entre deux cultures scientifiques, l'une mathématique, objective par nature, et l'autre littéraire – subjective forcément. A moins qu'il ne soit vu comme une occasion de guérir enfin une partie des sciences humaines de leur pêché interprétatif…
Point mathématique, le point considéré abstractivement comme n’ayant aucune étendue.

Antonyms

approximatif émotif sensible

This word in other languages

mathematical(English)matemático(Español)mathematisch(Deutsch)matemática(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amthématique
mahtématique
mathematique
mathhématique
mathméatique
mathéamtique
mathémaitque
mathématiqeu
mathématiqque
mathématiuqe
mathématqiue
mathémattique
mathémmatique
mathémtaique
matthématique
matéhmatique
mmathématique
mtahématique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mathématique - 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.

Edit distance from "mathématique"

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 "mathématique"?

"mathématique" is spelled M-A-T-H-É-M-A-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.te.ma.tik\.

What does "mathématique" mean?

As an adjective, "mathématique" means: Qui est relatif aux mathématiques, à la science des nombres, des figures et des mouvements.

What words are commonly confused with "mathématique"?

"mathématique" is commonly confused with "mathématiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mathématique"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mathématique" is \ma.te.ma.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mathématique" come from?

"mathématique" 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 "mathématique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

insurrection#9,026 sensiblement#9,075 accouchement#9,107 accumulation#8,951

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

disparaissent18 variants Christopher18 variants significatif18 variants préliminaire18 variants