mechta
\mɛʃ.ta\
The verdict
“mechta” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hameau d’Afrique du Nord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mechta · mechta · French
mechta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mechta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛʃ.ta\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mechta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mechta is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛʃ.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
mechta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mechta, spelled M-E-C-H-T-A.
Definition
- 1Hameau d’Afrique du Nord.
- 2Au Maroc, petite maison en maçonnerie, construite en grosses briques séchées et qui sert d’habitation l’hiver.
- 3En Algérie et en Tunisie, hameau constitué par un petit groupe de mechtas.
- 4Dans l'armée française, gourbi où est stocké le matériel (hors armement et radio) propre à chaque peloton ou section.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mechta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jeunes exilés pour cause de guerre, […] sur les cartes postales qu’ils envoient à leur familles […] expurgent les douars fouillés, les mechtas mises à sac, les filles aux longs cheveux qui se mordent les lèvres, les visages sculptés par le turban des jeunes Arabes de leur âge, semblables à leurs compagnons coiffés d’un calot.
Dans tous les villages, tous les douars, toutes les mechtas, placés sous ma responsabilité, je les ai convaincu de notre invincibilité sans, pratiquement, tirer un seul coup de feu.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.