matt

Name: matt, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\mat\

/\mat\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“matt” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,477) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,477
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 3
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Las, fatigué, accablé, sans force.

Corpus desk

Index FR-matt · matt · French

matt · rank #5,477 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,477
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 3 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH manteau

Nearest frequency peer: manteau (-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.

look

94,527
Manchester

94,526
manteau

94,525
matt

94,524
messe

94,523
mixte

94,522

What this shows Les barres placent « matt » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

matt vs Mt

25% similar

matt vs mot

50% similar

matt vs met

50% similar

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

Key facts for matt
Property	Value
Headword	matt
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\mat\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#5,477
Misspellings tracked	3
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « matt »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mattse place ici:

#5,477

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manteau » (#5,476), « messe » (#5,478), « Manchester » (#5,475). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « matt » est au #5,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for matt is neighbouring look-alikes ("Mt", "mot", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \mat\. Frequency #5,477 among 5,038 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for matt, with forms such as "amtt", "mmatt", and "mtat". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mt", "mot", "met", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is matt, spelled M-A-T-T.

Definition

1
Las, fatigué, accablé, sans force.
2
Mat, terne, sans éclat.
3
Mat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Sie fühlen sich schlapp und matt, sind ständig müde? Das muss nicht immer an zu wenig Schlaf liegen.
Sie sind chronisch müde und erschöpft. Sie schlafen schlecht oder gar nicht, weil Sie ständig in einem Gedanken-Karussell gefangen sind. Als Folge sind Sie ständig müde, können aber trotzdem keinen ausreichenden Schlaf finden. Mit der Zeit fühlen Sie sich immer matter, körperlich erschöpft und kraftlos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amtt
mmatt
mtat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of matt - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "matt"

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 "matt"?

"matt" is spelled M-A-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mat\.

What does "matt" mean?

As an adjective, "matt" means: Las, fatigué, accablé, sans force.

What words are commonly confused with "matt"?

"matt" is commonly confused with "Mt", "mot", "met". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "matt"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "matt" is \mat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "matt" come from?

"matt" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

look#5,474 pari#5,483 hong#5,462 high#5,461