maxillaire supérieur
The verdict
“maxillaire supérieur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Os pair de la face composant la mâchoire supérieure où sont implantées les dents supérieures.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maxillaire supérieur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “maxillaire supérieur” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
maxillaire supérieur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Os pair de la face composant la mâchoire supérieure où sont implantées les dents supérieures.".
maxillaire supérieur has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is maxillaire supérieur, spelled M-A-X-I-L-L-A-I-R-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Os pair de la face composant la mâchoire supérieure où sont implantées les dents supérieures.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “maxillaire supérieur”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-X-I-L-L-A-I-R-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.