Maitreya
The verdict
“Maitreya” is uncommon French (frequency #91,906 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,906
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bodhisattva, sage hindou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitreya · Maitreya · French
Maitreya · rank #91,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,906
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Magdala
Nearest frequency peer: Magdala (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Maitreya »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- lérida
lérida
8,099 corpus weight
- macula
macula
8,098 corpus weight
- Magdala
Magdala
8,096 corpus weight
- Maitreya
Maitreya
8,095 corpus weight
- Maizières
Maizières
8,094 corpus weight
- malchanceuse
malchanceuse
8,092 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maitreya » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maitreya |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maitreya » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maitreya is uncommon French at frequency #91,906 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bodhisattva, sage hindou.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Maitreya, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Maitreya, spelled M-A-I-T-R-E-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Bodhisattva, sage hindou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maitreya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vidura, dans son voyage aux étangs sacrés, ayant appris de Mâitrêya le moyen de faire son salut, se rendit à la ville d’Hâstinapura, content d’avoir ainsi obtenu ce qu’il désirait connaître.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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