maquis

\ma.ki\

/\ma.ki\/ noun

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The verdict

“maquis” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,192
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formation végétale arbustive très dense de région méditerranéenne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maquis · maquis · French

maquis · rank #20,192 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,192
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manquement

Nearest frequency peer: manquement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « maquis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

maquis vs maris
67% similar
maquis vs marais
67% similar
maquis vs mardis
67% similar

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

Key facts for maquis
PropertyValue
Headwordmaquis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ki\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,192
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maquis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).maquisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manquement » (#20,191), « March » (#20,193), « maladroite » (#20,190). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maquis » est au #20,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around maquis (IPA \ma.ki\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,192 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for maquis, with forms such as "amquis", "maqius", and "maqquis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "maris", "marais", "mardis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is maquis, spelled M-A-Q-U-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formation végétale arbustive très dense de région méditerranéenne.
  2. 2
    Là où l’on se sent désorienté.
  3. 3
    Forme de lutte de partisans contre un envahisseur ; guérilla.
  4. 4
    Restaurant traditionnel local.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mâquis est la patrie des bergers corses et de quiconque s’est brouillé avec la justice.
  2. Au reste, plus ils avançaient, plus le maquis devenait impénétrable, et cependant ni Fernand ni Ginesta ne donnaient la moindre marque d’hésitation. On voyait qu’ils marchaient tous deux vers un but connu, plus perdus au milieu de ces lentisques, de ces arbousiers et de ces myrtes gigantesques, que ne le sont les navigateurs errants sur les mers infinies,…

This word in other languages

macchia(English)matorral(Español)Gestrüpp(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amquis
  • maqius
  • maqquis
  • maquiss
  • maqusi
  • mauqis
  • mmaquis
  • mqauis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amquis2maqius2maqquis1maquiss1maqusi2mauqis2mmaquis1mqauis2
Edit distance from "maquis"

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 "maquis"?
"maquis" is spelled M-A-Q-U-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ki\.
What does "maquis" mean?
As a noun, "maquis" means: Formation végétale arbustive très dense de région méditerranéenne.
What words are commonly confused with "maquis"?
"maquis" is commonly confused with "maris", "marais", "mardis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maquis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maquis" is \ma.ki\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maquis" come from?
"maquis" 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 "maquis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

magnus#20,188leurre#20,184morano#20,200labour#20,183

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

March8 variantslabeur8 variantsnageur8 variantsislamo8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list