matricide
\ma.tʁi.sid\
The verdict
“matricide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui tue sa mère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matricide · matricide · French
matricide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | matricide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.tʁi.sid\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « matricide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
matricide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.tʁi.sid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui tue sa mère.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for matricide, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 matricide, spelled M-A-T-R-I-C-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui tue sa mère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how matricide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] elles auraient eu trop à faire pour tous les crimes qu’elles avaient à punir, et probablement on aura suivi Eschyle, qui, dans ses effrayantes Euménides, précipite sur le matricide Oreste un grand nombre de furies.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.