mainteneur
\mɛ̃t.nœʁ\
The verdict
“mainteneur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu qui maintient, qui conserve en l'état.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mainteneur · mainteneur · French
mainteneur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mainteneur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ̃t.nœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mainteneur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ̃t.nœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mainteneur in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 mainteneur, spelled M-A-I-N-T-E-N-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Individu qui maintient, qui conserve en l'état.
- 2Développeur principal d’un projet logiciel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mainteneur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle me fit découvrir la pensée d’Anatole France, orfèvre et mainteneur de la langue.
[…] il aimait la Camargue, les manades de taureaux, les chevaux à demi sauvages autant que lui. Quoique rivaux, tous deux appartenaient à la même race, celle des mainteneurs, beau mot remis à l’honneur par Mistral et les félibres.
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.