maohi
\ma.ɔ.i\
The verdict
“maohi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Polynésiens, aussi appelés Maohis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maohi · maohi · French
maohi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | maohi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.ɔ.i\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maohi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maohi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.ɔ.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux Polynésiens, aussi appelés Maohis.".
maohi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is maohi, spelled M-A-O-H-I.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Polynésiens, aussi appelés Maohis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maohi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais Oscar Temaru ne désire pas n’importe quelle indépendance. Il veut une « indépendance maohie ».
La conception maohi de la territorialité situe la terre émergée dans un processus d’expansion par la multiplication de l’insularité et prolifération à l’infini du nombre d’îles.
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.