maître Jacques
\mɛ.tʁə ʒak\
The verdict
“maître Jacques” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui réunit plusieurs emplois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitre-jacques · maître Jacques · French
maître Jacques · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | maître Jacques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁə ʒak\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maître Jacques » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maître Jacques is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁə ʒak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme qui réunit plusieurs emplois.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maître Jacques, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is maître Jacques, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -J-A-C-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Homme qui réunit plusieurs emplois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maître Jacques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette boutique était tenue par une espèce de maître Jacques auquel grands et petits pouvaient demander, suivant le prospectus : boîtes, échasses, outils, pigeons cravatés, pattus, livres de messe (article rarement vendu), canifs, papiers, plumes, crayons, encre de toutes les couleurs, balles, billes.
Les guides, véritables maîtres Jacques, sont tour à tour valets de chambre, cicéroni et cuisiniers. Ils remplissent ces emplois avec adresse : quelques-uns parlent anglais.
This word in other languages
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.