maxillaire supérieur

noun

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.

Key facts for maxillaire supérieur
PropertyValue
Headwordmaxillaire supérieur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maxillaire supérieur” sits in French frequency

maxillaire supérieur falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Os 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maxillaire supérieur"?
"maxillaire supérieur" is spelled M-A-X-I-L-L-A-I-R-E- -S-U-P-É-R-I-E-U-R.
What does "maxillaire supérieur" mean?
As a noun, "maxillaire supérieur" means: Os pair de la face composant la mâchoire supérieure où sont implantées les dents supérieures.
What language does "maxillaire supérieur" come from?
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Using “maxillaire supérieur”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • 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.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list