spatha
\spa.ta\
The verdict
“spatha” 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) - Longue épée plate à double tranchant en usage dans l’Antiquité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-spatha · spatha · French
spatha · 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 "S" 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 | spatha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spa.ta\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « spatha » en français
Rare enough to double-check
spatha is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \spa.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Longue épée plate à double tranchant en usage dans l’Antiquité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spatha, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is spatha, spelled S-P-A-T-H-A.
Definition
- 1Longue épée plate à double tranchant en usage dans l’Antiquité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spatha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains cavaliers romains portaient la spatha.
Hey ! Tu la prends pas ta spatha, Arthurus ?
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.