matricule

\ma.tʁi.kyl\

/\ma.tʁi.kyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“matricule” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,617. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,617
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Registre, liste, rôle sur lequel on inscrit le nom de ceux qui entrent dans un régiment, dans un hôpital, dans une prison, et, en général, dans une société, une compagnie, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-matricule · matricule · French

matricule · rank #22,617 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #22,617
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH masculines

Nearest frequency peer: masculines (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « matricule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « matricule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

matricule vs matrice
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for matricule
PropertyValue
Headwordmatricule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.tʁi.kyl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#22,617
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « matricule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).matriculese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « masculines » (#22,616), « mauve » (#22,618), « mart » (#22,615). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « matricule » est au #22,617. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around matricule (IPA \ma.tʁi.kyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,617 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for matricule, with forms such as "amtricule", "marticule", and "matircule". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "matrice", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 matricule, spelled M-A-T-R-I-C-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Registre, liste, rôle sur lequel on inscrit le nom de ceux qui entrent dans un régiment, dans un hôpital, dans une prison, et, en général, dans une société, une compagnie, etc.
  2. 2
    Maison où les pauvres nommés matriculiers étaient nourris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nom de cet avocat n’est point dans la matricule. — Il a été rayé de la matricule.
  2. Plus d'ombre; elle se sont déjà séparées de nous, comme si la bataille allait être grave, comme si les adjudants nous les avait réclamées tout à l'heure, avec les livrets matricules.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amtricule
  • marticule
  • matircule
  • matrciule
  • matriccule
  • matriclue
  • matricuel
  • matriculle
  • matriucle
  • matrricule
  • mattricule
  • mmatricule
  • mtaricule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matricule - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amtricule2marticule2matircule2matrciule2matriccule1matriclue2matricuel2matriculle1
Edit distance from "matricule"

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 "matricule"?
"matricule" is spelled M-A-T-R-I-C-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.tʁi.kyl\.
What does "matricule" mean?
As a noun, "matricule" means: Registre, liste, rôle sur lequel on inscrit le nom de ceux qui entrent dans un régiment, dans un hôpital, dans une prison, et, en général, dans une société, une compagnie, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "matricule"?
"matricule" is commonly confused with "matrice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "matricule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matricule" is \ma.tʁi.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "matricule" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list