métacarpien
\me.ta.kaʁ.pjɛ̃\
The verdict
“métacarpien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport au métacarpe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-metacarpien · métacarpien · French
métacarpien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | métacarpien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.ta.kaʁ.pjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « métacarpien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
métacarpien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.ta.kaʁ.pjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a rapport au métacarpe.".
métacarpien doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is métacarpien, spelled M-É-T-A-C-A-R-P-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui a rapport au métacarpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how métacarpien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les nerfs métacarpiens.
Les os métacarpiens, ou, substantivement, les métacarpiens, les os du métacarpe.
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.