maux

\mo\

/\mo\/ noun

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The verdict

“maux” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,412
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-maux · maux · French

maux · rank #6,412 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,412
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH majoritaire

Nearest frequency peer: majoritaire (-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 « maux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maux » 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).

maux vs mu
50% similar
maux vs Mx
25% similar
maux vs mur
50% similar

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

Key facts for maux
PropertyValue
Headwordmaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,412
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mauxse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « majoritaire » (#6,411), « merveille » (#6,413), « légion » (#6,410). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maux » est au #6,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around maux (IPA \mo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,412 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for maux, with forms such as "amux", "mauxx", and "maxu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mu", "Mx", "mur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maux, spelled M-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous croyons que la plus grande partie des maux qui affligent les hommes découle de la mauvaise organisation sociale ; et que les hommes, par leur volonté et leur savoir, peuvent les faire disparaître.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amux
  • mauxx
  • maxu
  • mmaux
  • muax

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amux2mauxx1maxu2mmaux1muax2
Edit distance from "maux"

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 "maux"?
"maux" is spelled M-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \mo\.
What does "maux" mean?
As a noun, "maux" means: Pluriel de mal.
What words are commonly confused with "maux"?
"maux" is commonly confused with "mu", "Mx", "mur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maux" is \mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maux" come from?
"maux" 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 "maux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jane#6,407nier#6,419vain#6,447élue#6,453

Similar misspelling depth

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

allié5 variantsbars5 variantsâgée5 variantswifi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list