Maupassant

\mo.pa.sɑ̃\

/\mo.pa.sɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Maupassant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,398
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Guy de Maupassant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maupassant · Maupassant · French

Maupassant · rank #25,398 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,398
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Matthias

Nearest frequency peer: Matthias (-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 « Maupassant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Maupassant » 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
Key facts for Maupassant
PropertyValue
HeadwordMaupassant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mo.pa.sɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,398
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Maupassant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Maupassantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Matthias » (#25,397), « mobiliers » (#25,399), « matisse » (#25,396). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Maupassant » est au #25,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Maupassant (IPA \mo.pa.sɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,398 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Guy de Maupassant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maupassant, with forms such as "amupassant", "mapuassant", and "mauapssant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Maupassant, spelled M-A-U-P-A-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Guy de Maupassant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je méprisais aussi la platitude des romans de Maupassant que mon père considérait comme des chefs-d’œuvre.
  2. Ces interrogations fourniraient la matière d’un autre colloque : comment Maupassant a-t-il réussi à se « déflaubertiser » ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amupassant
  • mapuassant
  • mauapssant
  • maupasant
  • maupasasnt
  • maupassannt
  • maupassantt
  • maupassatn
  • maupassnat
  • mauppassant
  • maupsasant
  • mmaupassant
  • muapassant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maupassant - 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.

amupassant2mapuassant2mauapssant2maupasant1maupasasnt2maupassannt1maupassantt1maupassatn2
Edit distance from "Maupassant"

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 "Maupassant"?
"Maupassant" is spelled M-A-U-P-A-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mo.pa.sɑ̃\.
What does "Maupassant" mean?
As a proper noun, "Maupassant" means: Nom de famille, surtout connu pour Guy de Maupassant.
What are common misspellings of "Maupassant"?
Common misspellings include "amupassant", "mapuassant", "mauapssant", "maupasant", "maupasasnt". The correct spelling is "Maupassant".
How do you pronounce "Maupassant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Maupassant" is \mo.pa.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Maupassant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

modifient13 variantsmaniement13 variantsmajordome13 variantsliquidité13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list