maestro

[maˈest̪ɾo]

/[maˈest̪ɾo]/ noun

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The verdict

“maestro” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,296. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,296
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que enseña en una institución educacional.

Corpus desk

Index ES-maestro · maestro · Spanish

maestro · rank #1,296 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,296
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH juez

Nearest frequency peer: juez (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “maestro”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “maestro” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maestro vs metro
71% similar
maestro vs mesero
71% similar
maestro vs mestre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maestro
PropertyValue
Headwordmaestro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈest̪ɾo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,296
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “maestro”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.maestrocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “juez” (#1,295), “marco” (#1,297), “inicio” (#1,294). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “maestro” va en #1,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around maestro (IPA [maˈest̪ɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,296 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maestro, with forms such as "amestro", "maesrto", and "maesstro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "metro", "mesero", "mestre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is maestro, spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona que enseña en una institución educacional.
  2. 2
    En particular, quien enseña a nivel de primaria y secundaria.
  3. 3
    Persona que imparte información y conocimientos en artes, oficios o disciplinas académicas.
  4. 4
    Persona que ha alcanzado gran conocimiento, experiencia o habilidad en un campo del saber o de la acción.
  5. 5
    Persona que dirige las operaciones de una actividad, especialmente de carácter ceremonial o público.
  6. 6
    Director de orquesta, compositor o músico.
  7. 7
    Vocativo utilizado para dirigirse a un hombre cualquiera, sobre todo si es para remarcarle un error.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how maestro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El maestro de ceremonias.

Synonyms

compedagogodocenteinstructorpreceptorprofesormástercapocampeón

This word in other languages

instructor(English)instituteur(Français)Meister(Deutsch)mestre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amestro
  • maesrto
  • maesstro
  • maestor
  • maestrro
  • maesttro
  • maetsro
  • masetro
  • meastro
  • mmaestro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maestro - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amestro2maesrto2maesstro1maestor2maestrro1maesttro1maetsro2masetro2
Edit distance from "maestro"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maestro"?
"maestro" is spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈest̪ɾo].
What does "maestro" mean?
As a noun, "maestro" means: Persona que enseña en una institución educacional.
What words are commonly confused with "maestro"?
"maestro" is commonly confused with "metro", "mesero", "mestre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maestro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maestro" is [maˈest̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maestro" come from?
"maestro" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maestro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

materia#1,298ninguno#1,299extraño#1,289vecinos#1,304

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

encanta10 variantsdetalles10 variantsdijeron10 variantspeligro10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list