mâtiné
\mɑ.ti.ne\
The verdict
“mâtiné” is uncommon French (frequency #57,448 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,448
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un animal qui n’est pas de race pure, qui a été croisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matine · mâtiné · French
mâtiné · rank #57,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,448
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH MySQL
Nearest frequency peer: MySQL (-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 « mâtiné »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- murmurant
murmurant
42,557 corpus weight
- MySQL
MySQL
42,554 corpus weight
- mâtiné
mâtiné
42,553 corpus weight
- médians
médians
42,552 corpus weight
- mégawatts
mégawatts
42,551 corpus weight
- ménélas
ménélas
42,550 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mâtiné » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mâtiné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɑ.ti.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,448 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mâtiné » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mâtiné is uncommon French at frequency #57,448 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɑ.ti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mâtiné, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mâtiné, spelled M-Â-T-I-N-É.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un animal qui n’est pas de race pure, qui a été croisé.
- 2Qui est mêlé de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mâtiné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les chiens mâtinés sont parfois bons à la chasse.
Très maigre, le nez fortement accusé, il avait bien l’air d’un baladin mâtiné de Don Quichotte.
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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