maïs lessivé
The verdict
“maïs lessivé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Préparation amérindienne adoptée au Québec.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maïs lessivé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maïs lessivé” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maïs lessivé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Préparation amérindienne adoptée au Québec.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maïs lessivé in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maïs lessivé, spelled M-A-Ï-S- -L-E-S-S-I-V-É.
Definition
- 1Préparation amérindienne adoptée au Québec.
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.
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Using “maïs lessivé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-Ï-S- -L-E-S-S-I-V-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.