matriarche
\mat.ʁi.jaʁʃ\
The verdict
“matriarche” is uncommon French (frequency #81,334 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,334
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femelle dominante d'une société animale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matriarche · matriarche · French
matriarche · rank #81,334 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,334
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH matraquer
Nearest frequency peer: matraquer (-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 « matriarche »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- mensualisat…
mensualisation
18,663 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « matriarche » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matriarche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mat.ʁi.jaʁʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matriarche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matriarche is uncommon French at frequency #81,334 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mat.ʁi.jaʁʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for matriarche, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is matriarche, spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Femelle dominante d'une société animale.
- 2Femme dominante dans une famille, une tribu, une ethnie ou une religion.
- 3Cheffe ou fondatrice d'une entreprise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how matriarche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes éléphants mâles sont exclus de la harde natale vers l'âge de 12 ans, les femelles restent très solidaires dans le groupe et certaines sont appelées un jour à devenir matriarche.
Des matriarches, des chefs et des membres de la Première Nation Gitxsan ont empêché des travailleurs sociaux de la Colombie-Britannique de retirer l’un des enfants de la communauté samedi dernier.
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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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