maxime

\mak.sim\

/\mak.sim\/ noun

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The verdict

“maxime” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,366
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proposition générale qui sert de principe, de fondement, de règle dans un art, dans une science, et particulièrement en matière de politique et de morale. Par exemple, Trajan disait « ces maximes d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-maxime · maxime · French

maxime · rank #5,366 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,366
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH matinée

Nearest frequency peer: matinée (-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 « maxime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maxime » 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).

maxime vs mime
67% similar
maxime vs minime
67% similar
maxime vs mixité
50% similar

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

Key facts for maxime
PropertyValue
Headwordmaxime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mak.sim\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,366
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maxime »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).maximese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « matinée » (#5,365), « maîtresse » (#5,367), « massacre » (#5,364). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maxime » est au #5,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around maxime (IPA \mak.sim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,366 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for maxime, with forms such as "amxime", "maixme", and "maxiem". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mime", "minime", "mixité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maxime, spelled M-A-X-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proposition générale qui sert de principe, de fondement, de règle dans un art, dans une science, et particulièrement en matière de politique et de morale. Par exemple, Trajan disait « ces maximes de Zalmoxis » en parlant avec admiration à propos des enseignements du chef spirituel des Daces.
  2. 2
    Recueil de pensées.
  3. 3
    Figure de note dont la valeur est égale à deux longues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ; il n’est que trop facile qu’un jeune homme ambitieux, et dont le cœur et le jugement ne sont pas assez formés pour distinguer le bon du mauvais, soit corrompu par des maximes qui flattent ses passions.
  2. Mon ami, dit Holkbar, aussitôt pris, aussitôt empalé : c'est ma maxime.

This word in other languages

maxim(English)máxima(Español)Maxime(Deutsch)máxima(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amxime
  • maixme
  • maxiem
  • maximme
  • maxmie
  • maxxime
  • mmaxime
  • mxaime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maxime - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amxime2maixme2maxiem2maximme1maxmie2maxxime1mmaxime1mxaime2
Edit distance from "maxime"

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 "maxime"?
"maxime" is spelled M-A-X-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mak.sim\.
What does "maxime" mean?
As a noun, "maxime" means: Proposition générale qui sert de principe, de fondement, de règle dans un art, dans une science, et particulièrement en matière de politique et de morale. Par exemple, Trajan disait « ces maximes d...
What words are commonly confused with "maxime"?
"maxime" is commonly confused with "mime", "minime", "mixité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maxime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maxime" is \mak.sim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maxime" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mineur#5,368musées#5,369maires#5,362neutre#5,371

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

opposer8 variantsparcs8 variantsperds8 variantspriori8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list