maestro
\ma.ɛs.tʁo\
The verdict
“maestro” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,490
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compositeur de musique ou chef d’orchestre en renom.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maestro · maestro · French
maestro · rank #20,490 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,490
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH M1
Nearest frequency peer: M1 (-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 “maestro”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- légendaires
légendaires
79,513 corpus weight
- M1
M1
79,512 corpus weight
- maestro
maestro
79,511 corpus weight
- mage
mage
79,510 corpus weight
- majoration
majoration
79,509 corpus weight
- manuellement
manuellement
79,508 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maestro” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maestro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ɛs.tʁo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maestro” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around maestro (IPA \ma.ɛs.tʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,490 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 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". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "metro", "mestre", "maistre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is maestro, spelled M-A-E-S-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Compositeur de musique ou chef d’orchestre en renom.
- 2Musicien reconnu pour sa compétence.
- 3Virtuose.
- 4Sorte de piano où les cordes sont remplacées par une combinaisons de tubes et de lames en métal ainsi que des cloches en verre et en métal. Cet instrument à été breveté en 1888 par un certain Jourdain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maestro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le vieux maestro reçut un accueil enthousiaste.
Une dame se met au piano, joue un morceau de Bellini, qui paraît être le maestro favori des Espagnols, ou chante une romance de Breton de los Herreros, le grand parolier de Madrid.
This word in other languages
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 - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 September 3, 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 "maestro", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "maestro". Here's where to go from here.
- "maestro" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "metro". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #20,490 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.