MTA
\ɛm.te.a\
The verdict
“MTA” is uncommon French (frequency #85,951 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,951
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Logiciel de transmission d'un courrier électronique, qui le reçoit en SMTP pour le confier à un MDA.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MTA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.te.a\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “MTA” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
MTA is uncommon French at frequency #85,951 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.te.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Logiciel de transmission d'un courrier électronique, qui le reçoit en SMTP pour le confier à un MDA.".
MTA doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is MTA, spelled M-T-A.
Definition
- 1Logiciel de transmission d'un courrier électronique, qui le reçoit en SMTP pour le confier à un MDA.
This word in other languages
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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Using “MTA”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛm.te.a\ (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.