Maude

\mo.de\

/\mo.de\/ noun

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The verdict

“Maude” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,520
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de poire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maude · Maude · French

Maude · rank #27,520 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,520
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH matérialisme

Nearest frequency peer: matérialisme (-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 « Maude »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Maude » 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).

Maude vs mue
40% similar
Maude vs mud
40% similar
Maude vs mode
40% similar

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

Key facts for Maude
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mo.de\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,520
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Maude »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Maudese 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 « matérialisme » (#27,519), « maury » (#27,521), « mathématiciens » (#27,518). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Maude » est au #27,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Maude (IPA \mo.de\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,520 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variété de poire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maude, with forms such as "amude", "madue", and "maudde". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mue", "mud", "mode", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Maude, spelled M-A-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété de poire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La poire maude est surtout cultivée en Haute Savoie, elle est très semblable à la "Wasserbirne" Suisse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amude
  • madue
  • maudde
  • maued
  • mmaude
  • muade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maude - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amude2madue2maudde1maued2mmaude1muade2
Edit distance from "Maude"

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 "Maude"?
"Maude" is spelled M-A-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mo.de\.
What does "Maude" mean?
As a noun, "Maude" means: Variété de poire.
What words are commonly confused with "Maude"?
"Maude" is commonly confused with "mue", "mud", "mode". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Maude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maude" is \mo.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maude" come from?
"Maude" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maury#27,521maybe#27,522munir#27,528Magny#27,511

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

louve6 variantslines6 variantsLenny6 variantsLeeds6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list