maître de maison

\mɛtʁ də mɛ.zɔ̃\

/\mɛtʁ də mɛ.zɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“maître de maison” 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
16
letters

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

Key facts for maître de maison
PropertyValue
Headwordmaître de maison
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛtʁ də mɛ.zɔ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maître de maison” sits in French frequency

maître de maison 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 maison is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛtʁ də mɛ.zɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

maître de maison doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

No borrowing history is documented 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 maître de maison, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -D-E- -M-A-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître des lieux.
  2. 2
    Celui qui dirige la maison, qui reçoit des visites ou des invités.

Synonyms

hôtemaître de céansmaitre de céans

This word in other languages

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

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- -M-A-I-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛtʁ də mɛ.zɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list