maisonette
/meɪ.zəˈnɛt/
"maisonette" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“maisonette” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small house.
Corpus desk
Index EN-maisonette · maisonette · English
maisonette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | maisonette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /meɪ.zəˈnɛt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “maisonette” in English
Rare enough to double-check
maisonette is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /meɪ.zəˈnɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for maisonette in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French maisonnette. Doublet of mansionette. The correct English form is maisonette, spelled M-A-I-S-O-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small house.
- 2An apartment, often on two floors.
Etymology
Borrowed from French maisonnette. Doublet of mansionette.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.