mordache
\mɔʁ.daʃ\
The verdict
“mordache” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaque en matériau malléable que l’on place sur les mâchoires d’un étau pour serrer une pièce sans l’endommager.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mordache · mordache · French
mordache · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mordache |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.daʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mordache » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mordache is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔʁ.daʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mordache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les plus légères fautes sont sévèrement sanctionnées : on doit porter la « mordache » (sorte de bâillon).
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.