maîtriser

Name: maîtriser, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\me.tʁi.ze\

/\me.tʁi.ze\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“maîtriser” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,341
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir ou prendre la maîtrise de quelqu’un, de quelque chose, le gouverner en maître, avec une autorité absolue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maitriser · maîtriser · French

maîtriser · rank #7,341 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,341
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH Marocain

Nearest frequency peer: Marocain (-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.

leaders

92,663
lits

92,662
Marocain

92,661
maîtriser

92,660
meurs

92,659
missiles

92,658

What this shows « maîtriser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

maîtriser vs maîtrises

89% similar

maîtriser vs maîtrisez

89% similar

maîtriser vs maîtrise

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for maîtriser
Property	Value
Headword	maîtriser
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\me.tʁi.ze\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#7,341
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maîtriser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maîtriserse place ici:

#7,341

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Marocain » (#7,340), « meurs » (#7,342), « lits » (#7,339). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maîtriser » est au #7,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around maîtriser (IPA \me.tʁi.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,341 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for maîtriser, with forms such as "amîtriser", "maitriser", and "matîriser". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "maîtrises", "maîtrisez", "maîtrise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 maîtriser, spelled M-A-Î-T-R-I-S-E-R.

Definition

1
Avoir ou prendre la maîtrise de quelqu’un, de quelque chose, le gouverner en maître, avec une autorité absolue.
2
Se rendre maître d’une personne ou d’une chose, d’un événement, en contrôler le comportement ou le déroulement.
3
Ne pas laisser transparaître ses sentiments ou ses émotions, réfréner ses réactions.
4
Connaître parfaitement.
5
Être maîtrisé.
6
Se dompter soi-même. Dompter son esprit, son imagination, son caractère, son tempérament.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how maîtriser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Il ne faut pas se laisser maîtriser.
L’Angleterre alors maîtrisait les mers.

Synonyms

asservir assujettir commander dominer soumettre brider calmer contenir contrôler discipliner refouler réprimer retenir surmonter contenir contrôler dominer retenir

This word in other languages

control(English)dominar(Español)beherrschen(Deutsch)dominar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amîtriser
maitriser
matîriser
maîrtiser
maîtirser
maîtriesr
maîtriserr
maîtrisre
maîtrisser
maîtrriser
maîtrsier
maîttriser
mmaîtriser
mîatriser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maîtriser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "maîtriser"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maîtriser"?

"maîtriser" is spelled M-A-Î-T-R-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \me.tʁi.ze\.

What does "maîtriser" mean?

As a verb, "maîtriser" means: Avoir ou prendre la maîtrise de quelqu’un, de quelque chose, le gouverner en maître, avec une autorité absolue.

What words are commonly confused with "maîtriser"?

"maîtriser" is commonly confused with "maîtrises", "maîtrisez", "maîtrise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "maîtriser"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maîtriser" is \me.tʁi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "maîtriser" come from?

"maîtriser" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maîtriser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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