mordache
\mɔʁ.daʃ\
The verdict
“mordache” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plaque en matériau malléable que l’on place sur les mâchoires d’un étau pour serrer une pièce sans l’endommager.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mordache |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.daʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mordache” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mordache is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔʁ.daʃ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for mordache in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mordache, spelled M-O-R-D-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Plaque en matériau malléable que l’on place sur les mâchoires d’un étau pour serrer une pièce sans l’endommager.
- 2Mâchoire de pince ou de tenaille.
- 3Pièce en plomb (plus rarement cuir ou tissu) placée dans la mâchoire du chien d'une arme à silex afin de serrer et fixer le silex sans l'endommager.
- 4Pince servant à déplacer des bûches dans un âtre.
- 5Mors, bâillon que les moines se mettaient dans la bouche, pour avoir rompu le silence.
- 6Bagou, faconde.
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.
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Using “mordache”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-D-A-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔʁ.daʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.