maïsche

noun

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The verdict

“maïsche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mélange de malt concassé et d'eau de la cuve-matière (ou cuve à empâtage) lors du brassage de la bière.

Key facts for maïsche
PropertyValue
Headwordmaïsche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maïsche” sits in French frequency

maïsche falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maïsche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mélange de malt concassé et d'eau de la cuve-matière (ou cuve à empâtage) lors du brassage de la bière.".

No misspelling variants are generated for maïsche in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maïsche, spelled M-A-Ï-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mélange de malt concassé et d'eau de la cuve-matière (ou cuve à empâtage) lors du brassage de la bière.

This word in other languages

Maische(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maïsche"?
"maïsche" is spelled M-A-Ï-S-C-H-E.
What does "maïsche" mean?
As a noun, "maïsche" means: Mélange de malt concassé et d'eau de la cuve-matière (ou cuve à empâtage) lors du brassage de la bière.
What language does "maïsche" come from?
"maïsche" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “maïsche”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-Ï-S-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list