maximum

\mak.si.mɔm\

/\mak.si.mɔm\/ adj

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The verdict

“maximum” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,960
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maximal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maximum · maximum · French

maximum · rank #1,960 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,960
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH logement

Nearest frequency peer: logement (-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 « maximum »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maximum » 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).

maximum vs minimum
71% similar
maximum vs Maxim
57% similar
maximum vs maxime
71% similar

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

Key facts for maximum
PropertyValue
Headwordmaximum
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mak.si.mɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,960
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maximum »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « logement » (#1,959), « meilleures » (#1,961), « nice » (#1,962). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maximum » est au #1,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around maximum (IPA \mak.si.mɔm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,960 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maximal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for maximum, with forms such as "amximum", "maixmum", and "maximmu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "minimum", "Maxim", "maxime", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maximum, spelled M-A-X-I-M-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maximal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les pouillés donnent, aux environs du XIVᵉ siècle, et pour les quinze diocèses en question, un nombre de paroisses compris entre 5 931 (chiffre minimum) et 6 694 (chiffre maximum).

Antonyms

minimum

This word in other languages

maximum(English)máximo(Español)Maximum(Deutsch)máximo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amximum
  • maixmum
  • maximmu
  • maximmum
  • maximumm
  • maxiumm
  • maxmium
  • maxximum
  • mmaximum
  • mxaimum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maximum - 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.

amximum2maixmum2maximmu2maximmum1maximumm1maxiumm2maxmium2maxximum1
Edit distance from "maximum"

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 "maximum"?
"maximum" is spelled M-A-X-I-M-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is \mak.si.mɔm\.
What does "maximum" mean?
As an adjective, "maximum" means: Maximal.
What words are commonly confused with "maximum"?
"maximum" is commonly confused with "minimum", "Maxim", "maxime". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maximum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maximum" is \mak.si.mɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maximum" come from?
"maximum" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hommage#1,955enfance#1,951restent#1,973chiffre#1,946

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

station10 variantségalité10 variantspouvons10 variantspensais10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list