maître queux
\mɛtʁə kø\
The verdict
“maître queux” 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) - Chef des cuisiniers dans une grande maison.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitre-queux · maître queux · French
maître queux · 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 | maître queux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛtʁə kø\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maître queux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maître queux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛtʁə kø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chef des cuisiniers dans une grande maison.".
Zero misspellings are on record for maître queux in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maître queux, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E- -Q-U-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Chef des cuisiniers dans une grande maison.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maître queux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous ferons ce soir une chère Chère ; Vous n’y recevrez, maître queux, Qu’eux [les archers].
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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.