maigre

\mɛɡʁ\

/\mɛɡʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“maigre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,733
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maigre · maigre · French

maigre · rank #8,733 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,733
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH luke

Nearest frequency peer: luke (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « maigre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « maigre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maigre vs mare
67% similar
maigre vs maire
83% similar
maigre vs mange
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maigre
PropertyValue
Headwordmaigre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɛɡʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,733
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maigre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maigrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « luke » (#8,732), « manuscrits » (#8,734), « low » (#8,731). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maigre » est au #8,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around maigre (IPA \mɛɡʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,733 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for maigre, with forms such as "amigre", "magire", and "maiger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mare", "maire", "mange", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maigre, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant.
  2. 2
    Qui a un manque de chair par rapport à sa taille, à son ossature, en parlant d'un être vivant.
  3. 3
    Qui est faible dans son genre, en parlant d'une chose.
  4. 4
    Se dit d'un ensemble inclus dans une réunion dénombrable de fermés d'intérieurs vides.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un défaut provenant d’une taille qui penche vers l’intérieur de la pierre et a tendance à creuser celle-ci empêchant ainsi la formation d’une surface plane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Viande maigre
  2. Petit-Pierre paraissait plus avisé que ses frères ; mais autant ceux-ci étaient gros, joufflus et vermeils, autant il avait l’air maigre, chétif et pâlot.

Synonyms

élancéefflanquémince

Antonyms

baraquécorpulentgrasgrosobèsegras

This word in other languages

lean(English)magro(Español)mager(Deutsch)magro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amigre
  • magire
  • maiger
  • maiggre
  • maigrre
  • mairge
  • miagre
  • mmaigre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maigre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amigre2magire2maiger2maiggre1maigrre1mairge2miagre2mmaigre1
Edit distance from "maigre"

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 "maigre"?
"maigre" is spelled M-A-I-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛɡʁ\.
What does "maigre" mean?
As an adjective, "maigre" means: Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant.
What words are commonly confused with "maigre"?
"maigre" is commonly confused with "mare", "maire", "mange". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maigre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maigre" is \mɛɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maigre" come from?
"maigre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list