maîtrise de soi
\mɛ.tʁiz də swa\
The verdict
“maîtrise de soi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contrôle de soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maitrise-de-soi · maîtrise de soi · French
maîtrise de soi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | maîtrise de soi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.tʁiz də swa\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
maîtrise de soi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.tʁiz də swa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contrôle de soi-même.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maîtrise de soi, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is maîtrise de soi, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-I-S-E- -D-E- -S-O-I.
Definition
- 1Contrôle de soi-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how maîtrise de soi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le courage, l’esprit d’audace et la maîtrise de soi.
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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.