Maximilian
The verdict
“Maximilian” is uncommon French (frequency #62,439 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,439
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maximilian · Maximilian · French
Maximilian · rank #62,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,439
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Matha
Nearest frequency peer: Matha (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Maximilian »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Marsa
Marsa
37,566 corpus weight
- masure
masure
37,565 corpus weight
- Matha
Matha
37,564 corpus weight
- Maximilian
Maximilian
37,562 corpus weight
- Meir
Meir
37,559 corpus weight
- mela
mela
37,558 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Maximilian » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maximilian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Maximilian » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Maximilian is uncommon French at frequency #62,439 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Maximilian in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Maximilian, spelled M-A-X-I-M-I-L-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maximilian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les meilleures chances françaises ? Les kite-surfers, avec Lauriane Nolot, reine de la flotte, et Alex Mazella, qui se bat régulièrement pour l’or avec le Singapourien Maximilian Maeder, 17 ans.
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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