maximal
\mak.si.mal\
The verdict
“maximal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,507
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient à un maximum.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maximal · maximal · French
maximal · rank #14,507 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,507
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH managers
Nearest frequency peer: managers (-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 « maximal »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mag
mag
85,497 corpus weight
- magistrature
magistrature
85,496 corpus weight
- managers
managers
85,495 corpus weight
- maximal
maximal
85,494 corpus weight
- Meaux
Meaux
85,493 corpus weight
- meneur
meneur
85,492 corpus weight
What this shows « maximal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maximal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mak.si.mal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maximal »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around maximal (IPA \mak.si.mal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,507 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maximal, with forms such as "amximal", "maixmal", and "maxiaml". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "maxime", "maximum", "minimal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is maximal, spelled M-A-X-I-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient à un maximum.
- 2(D'un élément) Tel qu'aucun autre élément n'est plus grand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how maximal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Volume maximal.
Calibres maximaux.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amximal
- maixmal
- maxiaml
- maximall
- maximla
- maximmal
- maxmial
- maxximal
- mmaximal
- mxaimal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maximal - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "maximal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).