mestre

\mɛstʁ\

/\mɛstʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mestre” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,071
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand mât des bâtiments à voiles latines par opposition au mât de trinquet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mestre · mestre · French

mestre · rank #32,071 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,071
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mesquin

Nearest frequency peer: mesquin (-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 « mestre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mestre » 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).

mestre vs mette
67% similar
mestre vs mètre
67% similar
mestre vs metro
67% similar

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

Key facts for mestre
PropertyValue
Headwordmestre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛstʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,071
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mestre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mestrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mesquin » (#32,070), « minibus » (#32,072), « Mercer » (#32,069). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mestre » est au #32,071. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mestre (IPA \mɛstʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,071 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Grand mât des bâtiments à voiles latines par opposition au mât de trinquet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mestre, with forms such as "emstre", "mesrte", and "messtre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mette", "mètre", "metro", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mestre, spelled M-E-S-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand mât des bâtiments à voiles latines par opposition au mât de trinquet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Arbre de mestre, mât de mestre ou mestre mât

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emstre
  • mesrte
  • messtre
  • mester
  • mestrre
  • mesttre
  • metsre
  • mmestre
  • msetre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emstre2mesrte2messtre1mester2mestrre1mesttre1metsre2mmestre1
Edit distance from "mestre"

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 "mestre"?
"mestre" is spelled M-E-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛstʁ\.
What does "mestre" mean?
As a noun, "mestre" means: Grand mât des bâtiments à voiles latines par opposition au mât de trinquet.
What words are commonly confused with "mestre"?
"mestre" is commonly confused with "mette", "mètre", "metro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mestre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mestre" is \mɛstʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mestre" come from?
"mestre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Mercer#32,069Muslim#32,080Niamey#32,085loutre#32,056

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mousseux9 variantsliseuse9 variantslimbes9 variantsorageux9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list