Matilde
\ma.ˈtil.ðe\
The verdict
“Matilde” is uncommon French (frequency #74,991 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,991
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin, équivalent du français Mathilde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matilde · Matilde · French
Matilde · rank #74,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,991
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH matent
Nearest frequency peer: matent (-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 « Matilde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- martyriser
martyriser
25,014 corpus weight
- matar
matar
25,012 corpus weight
- matent
matent
25,011 corpus weight
- Matilde
Matilde
25,010 corpus weight
- maven
maven
25,009 corpus weight
- meine
meine
25,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Matilde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matilde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ˈtil.ðe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Matilde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Matilde is uncommon French at frequency #74,991 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ˈtil.ðe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin, équivalent du français Mathilde.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Matilde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Matilde, spelled M-A-T-I-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin, équivalent du français Mathilde.
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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