Matterhorn
\ma.tɛ.ʁɔʁn\
The verdict
“Matterhorn” is uncommon French (frequency #97,148 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,148
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom allemand du Cervin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-matterhorn · Matterhorn · French
Matterhorn · rank #97,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,148
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH matriarcale
Nearest frequency peer: matriarcale (-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 « Matterhorn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marienbad
Marienbad
2,860 corpus weight
- marinus
marinus
2,859 corpus weight
- martelage
martelage
2,858 corpus weight
- Marylise
Marylise
2,857 corpus weight
- matriarcale
matriarcale
2,854 corpus weight
- Matterhorn
Matterhorn
2,853 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Matterhorn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Matterhorn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.tɛ.ʁɔʁn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Matterhorn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Matterhorn is uncommon French at frequency #97,148 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.tɛ.ʁɔʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom allemand du Cervin.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Matterhorn, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Matterhorn, spelled M-A-T-T-E-R-H-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Nom allemand du Cervin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Matterhorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Outre tous ses Matterhorns, la capitale du Haut-Valais possède plusieurs attractions bien agréables à visiter par mauvais temps et tout à fait propres à réjouir le cœur et réconforter un moral en baisse. Le cimetière, d’abord, où reposent maintes victimes des montagnes environnantes, et principalement du Cervin, qui s’est réservé la part du lion.
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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