maids

\mɛjd\

/\mɛjd\/ noun

The verdict

“maids” is uncommon French (frequency #84,993 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,993
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de maid.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maids · maids · French

maids · rank #84,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,993
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH magouilleurs

Nearest frequency peer: magouilleurs (-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 « maids »

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 « maids » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maids
PropertyValue
Headwordmaids
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛjd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « maids » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « magouilleurs » (#84,992), « majorettes » (#84,994), « magnets » (#84,991). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maids » est au #84,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maids is uncommon French at frequency #84,993 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛjd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de maid.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maids, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 maids, spelled M-A-I-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de maid.

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 "maids"?
"maids" is spelled M-A-I-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛjd\.
What does "maids" mean?
As a noun, "maids" means: Pluriel de maid.
How do you pronounce "maids"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maids" is \mɛjd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list