mayeur

\ma.jœʁ\

/\ma.jœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mayeur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,457
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mayeur · mayeur · French

mayeur · rank #42,457 · 8 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,457
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maximes

Nearest frequency peer: maximes (-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 « mayeur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mayeur » 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).

mayeur vs meur
67% similar
mayeur vs Meyer
50% similar
mayeur vs mayor
67% similar

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

Key facts for mayeur
PropertyValue
Headwordmayeur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.jœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,457
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mayeur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mayeurse 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 « maximes » (#42,456), « mayor » (#42,458), « masochisme » (#42,455). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mayeur » est au #42,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around mayeur (IPA \ma.jœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,457 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mayeur, with forms such as "amyeur", "maeyur", and "mayeru". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "meur", "Meyer", "mayor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mayeur, spelled M-A-Y-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier municipal.
  2. 2
    Bourgmestre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tous levèrent les jambes, et le mayeur lui-même secoua les cendres de sa pipe et se redressa.
  2. Le mayeur, qui n’a jamais aimé parler de problèmes communautaires, n’habitait plus le château familial, occupé par une de ses sœurs et un de ses frères.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amyeur
  • maeyur
  • mayeru
  • mayeurr
  • mayuer
  • mayyeur
  • mmayeur
  • myaeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amyeur2maeyur2mayeru2mayeurr1mayuer2mayyeur1mmayeur1myaeur2
Edit distance from "mayeur"

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 "mayeur"?
"mayeur" is spelled M-A-Y-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.jœʁ\.
What does "mayeur" mean?
As a noun, "mayeur" means: Officier municipal.
What words are commonly confused with "mayeur"?
"mayeur" is commonly confused with "meur", "Meyer", "mayor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mayeur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mayeur" is \ma.jœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mayeur" come from?
"mayeur" 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 "mayeur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

milady#42,463Léonce#42,448liront#42,434narine#42,481

Similar misspelling depth

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

Marcq8 variantsnougat8 variantsKieran8 variantsjouxte8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list