maitre-autel
\mɛ.tʁ‿o.tɛl\
The verdict
“maitre-autel” 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 September 3, 2026) - Autel principal d’une église, placé dans l’axe de la nef, au sein du chœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitre-autel · maitre-autel · French
maitre-autel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | maitre-autel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁ‿o.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maitre-autel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maitre-autel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁ‿o.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autel principal d’une église, placé dans l’axe de la nef, au sein du chœur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for maitre-autel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maitre-autel, spelled M-A-I-T-R-E---A-U-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Autel principal d’une église, placé dans l’axe de la nef, au sein du chœur.
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.