matriarcat

\mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\

/\mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“matriarcat” is uncommon French (frequency #78,628 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,628
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-matriarcat · matriarcat · French

matriarcat · rank #78,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,628
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH massique

Nearest frequency peer: massique (-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 « matriarcat »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matriarcat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for matriarcat
PropertyValue
Headwordmatriarcat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « matriarcat » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.matriarcattombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « massique » (#78,627), « mascarpone » (#78,626), « Mayet » (#78,630). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « matriarcat » est au #78,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

matriarcat is uncommon French at frequency #78,628 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for matriarcat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is matriarcat, spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En ce temps-là, nous étions tous plus ou moins orphelins de père : ces Messieurs étaient morts ou au front, ceux qui restaient, diminués, dévirilisés, cherchaient à se faire oublier de leurs fils ; c’était le règne des mères ; Bénard nous reflétait les vertus négatives de ce matriarcat.

Synonyms

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 "matriarcat"?
"matriarcat" is spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\.
What does "matriarcat" mean?
As a noun, "matriarcat" means: Régime social où le pouvoir est exercé par les femmes, par les mères de famille.
How do you pronounce "matriarcat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matriarcat" is \mat.ʁi.jaʁ.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "matriarcat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list