MCF
\ɛm.se.ɛf\
The verdict
“MCF” is uncommon French (frequency #75,899 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,899
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maître de conférence, maîtresse de conférence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mcf · MCF · French
MCF · rank #75,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,899
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mazet
Nearest frequency peer: mazet (-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 « MCF »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mathusalem
mathusalem
24,108 corpus weight
- Mauresmo
Mauresmo
24,106 corpus weight
- Mayne
Mayne
24,105 corpus weight
- mazet
mazet
24,104 corpus weight
- MCF
MCF
24,102 corpus weight
- microélectr…
microélectronique
24,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « MCF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MCF |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.se.ɛf\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #75,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « MCF » en français
Rare enough to double-check
MCF is uncommon French at frequency #75,899 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.se.ɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maître de conférence, maîtresse de conférence.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for MCF, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is MCF, spelled M-C-F.
Definition
- 1Maître de conférence, maîtresse de conférence.
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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