maître
/mɛtʁ/
The verdict
“maître” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,661 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,661
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maestro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maitre · maître · Spanish
maître · rank #75,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,661
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Matienzo
Nearest frequency peer: Matienzo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “maître”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- matasen
matasen
24,343 corpus weight
- Matienzo
Matienzo
24,341 corpus weight
- maître
maître
24,340 corpus weight
- mecheros
mecheros
24,338 corpus weight
- meloso
meloso
24,336 corpus weight
- meneando
meneando
24,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maître” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maître |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɛtʁ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maître” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maître is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,661 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɛtʁ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maître, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is maître, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Maestro.
- 2Dirigente.
- 3Propietario.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).