avé Maria
\a.ve maʁ.ja\
The verdict
“avé Maria” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Salutation angélique ; prière que les chrétiens adressent à la Vierge.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avé Maria |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ve maʁ.ja\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avé Maria” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for avé Maria is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ve maʁ.ja\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for avé Maria, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avé Maria, spelled A-V-É- -M-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Salutation angélique ; prière que les chrétiens adressent à la Vierge.
- 2Grain du chapelet sur lequel on dit cette prière.
- 3Endroit du sermon où le prédicateur s’interrompait, au XVIIᵉ siècle, pour implorer les secours du Saint-Esprit par l’intercession de la Sainte Vierge.
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.
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Using “avé Maria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-É- -M-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ve maʁ.ja\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.