Maharashtra
\ma.a.ʁaʃ.tʁa\
The verdict
“Maharashtra” is uncommon French (frequency #90,907 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,907
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région du centre-ouest de l’Inde, dont la capitale est Mumbai (Bombay).
Corpus desk
Index FR-maharashtra · Maharashtra · French
Maharashtra · rank #90,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,907
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH malaisiens
Nearest frequency peer: malaisiens (+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 « Maharashtra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- machineries
machineries
9,097 corpus weight
- Maharashtra
Maharashtra
9,094 corpus weight
- malaisiens
malaisiens
9,093 corpus weight
- Malak
Malak
9,092 corpus weight
- maloya
maloya
9,091 corpus weight
- Manama
Manama
9,090 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maharashtra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maharashtra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.a.ʁaʃ.tʁa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maharashtra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maharashtra is uncommon French at frequency #90,907 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.a.ʁaʃ.tʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Région du centre-ouest de l’Inde, dont la capitale est Mumbai (Bombay).".
No misspelling variants are generated for Maharashtra in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Maharashtra, spelled M-A-H-A-R-A-S-H-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Région du centre-ouest de l’Inde, dont la capitale est Mumbai (Bombay).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maharashtra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons avec succès lancé nos hybrides multipliés par recherche dans différents états de l’Inde à savoir Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, du Karnataka, de l’Utterpradesh, du Chattisgarh, du Jharkhand, du Tamilnadu, Rajasthan et du Goudjerate.
L'État le plus riche du pays, le Maharashtra, principal foyer de contaminations, a imposé la semaine dernière un confinement les week-ends et un couvre-feu nocturne. Cet État, qui abrite la capitale économique Mumbai, a prévenu qu'un confinement total – mesure draconienne que les autorités cherchent à tout prix à éviter pour protéger l'économie déjà dévas…
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).