Maslow
The verdict
“Maslow” is uncommon French (frequency #69,227 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,227
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maslow · Maslow · French
Maslow · rank #69,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,227
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH marmaille
Nearest frequency peer: marmaille (-2 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 « Maslow »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marital
marital
30,778 corpus weight
- maritale
maritale
30,777 corpus weight
- marmaille
marmaille
30,776 corpus weight
- Maslow
Maslow
30,774 corpus weight
- Mauléon
Mauléon
30,772 corpus weight
- Mauriciens
Mauriciens
30,771 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maslow » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maslow |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maslow » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maslow is uncommon French at frequency #69,227 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Maslow in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Maslow, spelled M-A-S-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maslow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’homme n’est pas fait pour vivre seul. De son entourage dépend la satisfaction de ses besoins dits « fondamentaux », mis notamment en évidence par le psychologue américain Abraham Maslow dès les années 1950.
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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