maître de céans

\mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\

/\mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“maître de céans” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maître des lieux.

Key facts for maître de céans
PropertyValue
Headwordmaître de céans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maître de céans” sits in French frequency

maître de céans 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for maître de céans is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maître des lieux.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maître de céans, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 maître de céans, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -D-E- -C-É-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître des lieux.

Synonyms

seigneur de céans

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 "maître de céans"?
"maître de céans" is spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -D-E- -C-É-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\.
What does "maître de céans" mean?
As a noun, "maître de céans" means: Maître des lieux.
How do you pronounce "maître de céans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maître de céans" is \mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maître de céans" come from?
"maître de céans" 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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Using “maître de céans”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-Î-T-R-E- -D-E- -C-É-A-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛtʁ də se.ɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list