Maastricht
\mɑs.tʁikt\
The verdict
“Maastricht” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,611
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune et ville des Pays-Bas située dans la province du Limbourg, chef-lieu de cette province.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maastricht · Maastricht · French
Maastricht · rank #22,611 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,611
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 202,672
- PHOTO-FINISH logistiques
Nearest frequency peer: logistiques (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Maastricht”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- locuteurs
locuteurs
77,393 corpus weight
- loft
loft
77,392 corpus weight
- logistiques
logistiques
77,391 corpus weight
- Maastricht
Maastricht
77,390 corpus weight
- maniaque
maniaque
77,389 corpus weight
- marabout
marabout
77,388 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Maastricht” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maastricht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɑs.tʁikt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maastricht” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Maastricht (IPA \mɑs.tʁikt\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,611 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune et ville des Pays-Bas située dans la province du Limbourg, chef-lieu de cette province.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maastricht, with forms such as "amastricht", "maasrticht", and "maasstricht". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Maastricht, spelled M-A-A-S-T-R-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Commune et ville des Pays-Bas située dans la province du Limbourg, chef-lieu de cette province.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maastricht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le traité de Maastricht.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amastricht
- maasrticht
- maasstricht
- maastircht
- maastrciht
- maastriccht
- maastrichht
- maastrichtt
- maastricth
- maastrihct
- maastrricht
- maasttricht
- maatsricht
- masatricht
- mastricht
- mmaastricht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maastricht - 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.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maastricht", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.