maestria

\ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\

/\ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\/ noun

The verdict

“maestria” is uncommon French (frequency #67,679 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,679
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maîtrise dans un domaine artistique ou technique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maestria · maestria · French

maestria · rank #67,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,679
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH macias

Nearest frequency peer: macias (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « maestria »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « maestria » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maestria
PropertyValue
Headwordmaestria
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,679
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « maestria » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).maestriatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « macias » (#67,678), « mahorais » (#67,680), « malaisé » (#67,681). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maestria » est au #67,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maestria is uncommon French at frequency #67,679 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maîtrise dans un domaine artistique ou technique.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for maestria in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is maestria, spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maîtrise dans un domaine artistique ou technique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il chanta le premier solo avec cette grandeur, cette perfection, cette maestria, qui faisaient oublier en un instant tous ses ridicules pour ne laisser de place qu’à l’admiration et à l’enthousiasme.
  2. Tu as beau déployer la plus grande des maestrias dans l’art de jouer à la clarinette, imprimer un rythme endiablé aux soirées du « Petit Balcon », faire tourner la tête à plus d’une madame bourgeoise ou jeune fille de bonne famille, lorsque le bal est fini, les violons rentrent dans leur sac.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maestria"?
"maestria" is spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\.
What does "maestria" mean?
As a noun, "maestria" means: Maîtrise dans un domaine artistique ou technique.
How do you pronounce "maestria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maestria" is \ma.ɛs.tʁi.ja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maestria" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list