maigre
\mɛɡʁ\
The verdict
“maigre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,733 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,733
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant.
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 | maigre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɛɡʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maigre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for maigre is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛɡʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,733 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Qui contient peu ou pas de graisse ou de liant.
- 2Qui a un manque de chair par rapport à sa taille, à son ossature, en parlant d'un être vivant.
- 3Qui est faible dans son genre, en parlant d'une chose.
- 4Se dit d'un ensemble inclus dans une réunion dénombrable de fermés d'intérieurs vides.
- 5Qualifie 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.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “maigre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-G-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛɡʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mare” - see the side-by-side comparison. maigre vs mare
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.