mazette

\ma.zɛt\

/\ma.zɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“mazette” is uncommon French (frequency #72,536 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,536
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais petit cheval.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mazette · mazette · French

mazette · rank #72,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,536
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH matrone

Nearest frequency peer: matrone (-2 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 « mazette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mazette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mazette
PropertyValue
Headwordmazette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.zɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,536
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mazette » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mazettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « matrone » (#72,534), « matche » (#72,532), « MGEN » (#72,540). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mazette » est au #72,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mazette is uncommon French at frequency #72,536 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

mazette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mazette, spelled M-A-Z-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mauvais petit cheval.
  2. 2
    Celui qui manque de force ou d’ardeur, soit en marchant, soit en portant des fardeaux.
  3. 3
    Personne inhabile à quelque jeu qui demande de la combinaison ou de l’adresse.
  4. 4
    Personne ou chose de mauvaise qualité ; insuffisante dans son emploi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était monté sur une mazette.
  2. Une petite, une vieille mazette.

This word in other languages

Stümper(Deutsch)

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 "mazette"?
"mazette" is spelled M-A-Z-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.zɛt\.
What does "mazette" mean?
As a noun, "mazette" means: Mauvais petit cheval.
How do you pronounce "mazette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mazette" is \ma.zɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mazette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

matrone#72,534miction#72,542Miramas#72,547moderna#72,549

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list