maigres

/\mɛɡʁ\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,476

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

maigres is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de maigre. Pronounced \mɛɡʁ\. Often confused with maire and mares.

Key facts for maigres
PropertyValue
Headwordmaigres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mɛɡʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,476
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of maigres in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for maigres is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛɡʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,476 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de maigre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maigres, with forms such as "amigres", "magires", and "maigers". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "maire", "mares", "migré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is maigres, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de maigre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amigres,magires,maigers,maiggres,maigress,maigrres,maigrse,mairges,miagres,mmaigres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for maigres

Misspelling Variants of "maigres"

amigres7magires7maigers7maiggres8maigress8maigrres8maigrse7mairges7
Misspelling Variants of "maigres"

Frequency rank: #17,476 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maigres"?
"maigres" is spelled M-A-I-G-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛɡʁ\.
What does "maigres" mean?
As an adj, "maigres" means: Pluriel de maigre.
What words are commonly confused with "maigres"?
"maigres" is commonly confused with "maire", "mares", "migré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maigres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maigres" is \mɛɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maigres" come from?
"maigres" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.