maîtresse d’école
\mɛ.tʁɛs d‿e.kɔl\
The verdict
“maîtresse d’école” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui dispense les cours et les leçons à l’école primaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitresse-d-ecole · maîtresse d’école · French
maîtresse d’école · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | maîtresse d’école |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁɛs d‿e.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maîtresse d’école » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maîtresse d’école is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁɛs d‿e.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui dispense les cours et les leçons à l’école primaire.".
maîtresse d’école doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maîtresse d’école, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-E-S-S-E- -D-’-É-C-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui dispense les cours et les leçons à l’école primaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maîtresse d’école appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les habitants de Bessancourt demandent qu'ils ne soient plus chargés de payer la reconstruction et les grosses réparations de l'église, du presbytère, du vicariat et des maisons du maître et de la maîtresse d'école, […].
Et comme dit toujours la maîtresse d'école: “Quand on promet, il faut tenir, sinon, c'est mentir!”
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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.