maïence
\ma.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“maïence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuisine et boulangerie à bord d'un navire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maience · maïence · French
maïence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maïence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maïence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maïence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuisine et boulangerie à bord d'un navire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maïence in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maïence, spelled M-A-Ï-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Cuisine et boulangerie à bord d'un navire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maïence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je descends l’échelle menant sous le pont en prenant garde à ne pas faire de bruit et me dirige vers l'endroit où devraient se trouver les locaux de vie. Il n'y a personne dans la maïence ni dans la réserve, et je trouve facilement le stock d’eau, des bidons de 20 litres alignés dans un coin.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.