matraquer
\ma.tʁa.ke\
The verdict
“matraquer” is uncommon French (frequency #81,333 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,333
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frapper avec une matraque ; bâtonner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matraquer · matraquer · French
matraquer · rank #81,333 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,333
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH matriarche
Nearest frequency peer: matriarche (+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 « matraquer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- massi
massi
18,672 corpus weight
- mastectomie
mastectomie
18,671 corpus weight
- Matadi
Matadi
18,670 corpus weight
- matraquer
matraquer
18,668 corpus weight
- matriarche
matriarche
18,667 corpus weight
- Mediaset
Mediaset
18,664 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matraquer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matraquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.tʁa.ke\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,333 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matraquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matraquer is uncommon French at frequency #81,333 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.tʁa.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for matraquer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is matraquer, spelled M-A-T-R-A-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Frapper avec une matraque ; bâtonner.
- 2Frapper (sans relation concrète avec la matraque), mitrailler.
- 3Marteler, répéter de façon très insistante (une publicité, en particulier), mitrailler.
- 4Faire payer à (quelqu’un) un prix complètement excessif.
- 5Casser, écraser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matraquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et s'ils avaient été aussi brindezingues – […] –, à nous matraquer avec autant de férocité, c'est aussi parce qu'ils avaient eu peur et que rien dans leurs écoles de police ne les avait préparé à ça, […].
Les commandos K... sont encerclés par 15.000 hommes et matraqués par un bombardement et des tirs d'artillerie.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "matraquer"?
What does "matraquer" mean?
How do you pronounce "matraquer"?
What language does "matraquer" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matraquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).