matra
\ma.tʁa\
The verdict
“matra” is uncommon French (frequency #53,480 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,480
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe diacritique dans l'écriture indienne dévanagari, représentant la forme dépendante d'une voyelle qui suit la consonne qui la porte. Il peut être lié à droite, à gauche, en dessous ou au-dessus...
Corpus desk
Index FR-matra · matra · French
matra · rank #53,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,480
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mauritanienne
Nearest frequency peer: mauritanienne (+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 « matra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mareuil
Mareuil
46,525 corpus weight
- Marlborough
Marlborough
46,524 corpus weight
- massacrée
massacrée
46,523 corpus weight
- matra
matra
46,521 corpus weight
- mauritanien…
mauritanienne
46,520 corpus weight
- Medhi
Medhi
46,518 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.tʁa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matra is uncommon French at frequency #53,480 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.tʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Signe diacritique dans l'écriture indienne dévanagari, représentant la forme dépendante d'une voyelle qui suit la consonne qui la porte. Il peut être lié à droite, à gauche, en dessous ou au-dessus...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for matra in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is matra, spelled M-A-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Signe diacritique dans l'écriture indienne dévanagari, représentant la forme dépendante d'une voyelle qui suit la consonne qui la porte. Il peut être lié à droite, à gauche, en dessous ou au-dessus de la consonne après laquelle la voyelle est prononcée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how matra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La matra de l'akshara इ \i\ avec l'akshara प \p\, est पि \pi\.
Antonyms
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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