mairie

\me.ʁi\

/\me.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“mairie” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,430
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charge, dignité de maire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mairie · mairie · French

mairie · rank #2,430 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,430
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH libération

Nearest frequency peer: libération (-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 « mairie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mairie » 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).

mairie vs mari
67% similar
mairie vs mare
67% similar
mairie vs marge
67% similar

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

Key facts for mairie
PropertyValue
Headwordmairie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,430
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mairie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mairiese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « libération » (#2,429), « manuel » (#2,431), « judiciaire » (#2,428). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mairie » est au #2,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mairie (IPA \me.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,430 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mairie, with forms such as "amirie", "maiire", and "mairei". 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, "mari", "mare", "marge", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mairie, spelled M-A-I-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Charge, dignité de maire.
  2. 2
    Bâtiment, ensemble de bâtiments où se tient l’administration municipale (dans certaines villes, on dit aussi hôtel de ville ou maison commune).
  3. 3
    Administration et territoire sous l’autorité du maire.
  4. 4
    ou Temps durant lequel on exerce la fonction de maire.
  5. 5
    Mairie du palais : charge de maire du palais.
  6. 6
    Conseil municipal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Être élu à la mairie de Bordeaux.
  2. Aller à la mairie pour demander une pièce, un acte, un certificat.

Synonyms

hôtel de villemaireriemaison communale

This word in other languages

mayor(English)alcaldía(Español)Rathaus(Deutsch)prefeitura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amirie
  • maiire
  • mairei
  • mairrie
  • mariie
  • miarie
  • mmairie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amirie2maiire2mairei2mairrie1mariie2miarie2mmairie1
Edit distance from "mairie"

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 "mairie"?
"mairie" is spelled M-A-I-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁi\.
What does "mairie" mean?
As a noun, "mairie" means: Charge, dignité de maire.
What words are commonly confused with "mairie"?
"mairie" is commonly confused with "mari", "mare", "marge". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mairie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mairie" is \me.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mairie" come from?
"mairie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

manuel#2,431Hausse#2,425fermer#2,424excuse#2,422

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

passée7 variantscouper7 variantscache7 variantsvaste7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list