tache de Mariotte
\taʃ.də.ma.ʁjɔt\
The verdict
“tache de Mariotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la rétine où s'insère le nerf optique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tache-de-mariotte · tache de Mariotte · French
tache de Mariotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tache de Mariotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \taʃ.də.ma.ʁjɔt\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
tache de Mariotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \taʃ.də.ma.ʁjɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie de la rétine où s'insère le nerf optique.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tache de Mariotte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tache de Mariotte, spelled T-A-C-H-E- -D-E- -M-A-R-I-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Partie de la rétine où s'insère le nerf optique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tache de Mariotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La tache de Mariotte est dépourvue de photorécepteurs
Synonyms
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.