maigreur
\mɛ.ɡʁœʁ\
The verdict
“maigreur” is uncommon French (frequency #54,710 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,710
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État du corps des hommes et des animaux maigres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maigreur · maigreur · French
maigreur · rank #54,710 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,710
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 202,672
- PHOTO-FINISH MAIF
Nearest frequency peer: MAIF (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “maigreur”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- magnats
magnats
45,294 corpus weight
- magnon
magnon
45,293 corpus weight
- MAIF
MAIF
45,292 corpus weight
- maigreur
maigreur
45,291 corpus weight
- Malacca
Malacca
45,290 corpus weight
- Mandel
Mandel
45,289 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “maigreur” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maigreur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.ɡʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,710 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maigreur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maigreur is uncommon French at frequency #54,710 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.ɡʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État du corps des hommes et des animaux maigres.".
maigreur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maigreur, spelled M-A-I-G-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1État du corps des hommes et des animaux maigres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maigreur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne croyais pas qu’il pût arriver à un tel point de maigreur.
Si l’anorexie, comme chacun le sait, s’accompagne d’une maigreur souvent extrême, elle peut tout de même donner lieu à des crises alimentaires parfaitement similaires à celles présentes dans les autres troubles.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maigreur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.