maître-nageur

\mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\

/\mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Homme s’occupant de la sécurité des baigneurs d’une piscine ou d’une plage.

Key facts for maître-nageur
PropertyValue
Headwordmaître-nageur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maître-nageur” sits in French frequency

maître-nageur 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

maître-nageur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme s’occupant de la sécurité des baigneurs d’une piscine ou d’une plage.".

No misspelling variants are generated for maître-nageur in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maître-nageur, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E---N-A-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme s’occupant de la sécurité des baigneurs d’une piscine ou d’une plage.

Synonyms

maître-baigneurmaître baigneur

This word in other languages

lifeguard(English)socorrista(Español)

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-nageur"?
"maître-nageur" is spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E---N-A-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\.
What does "maître-nageur" mean?
As a noun, "maître-nageur" means: Homme s’occupant de la sécurité des baigneurs d’une piscine ou d’une plage.
How do you pronounce "maître-nageur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maître-nageur" is \mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maître-nageur" come from?
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Using “maître-nageur”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-Î-T-R-E---N-A-G-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɛtʁ.na.ʒœʁ\ (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