mystère

\mi.stɛʁ\

/\mi.stɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“mystère” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,475. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,475
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Ce qu’une religion a de plus caché, ce qui n’est connu que des initiés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mystere · mystère · French

mystère · rank #3,475 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,475
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mit

Nearest frequency peer: mit (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “mystère”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mystère” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mystère vs mystery
71% similar
mystère vs mystères
88% similar
mystère vs master
57% similar

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

Key facts for mystère
PropertyValue
Headwordmystère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.stɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,475
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mystère” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mystère lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mystère (IPA \mi.stɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,475 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mystère, with forms such as "mmystère", "msytère", and "mysstère". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mystery", "mystères", "master", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mystère, spelled M-Y-S-T-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qu’une religion a de plus caché, ce qui n’est connu que des initiés.
  2. 2
    Vérité de foi contenue dans la révélation et qui, sans contredire la raison, la dépasse.
  3. 3
    Ce qu’il y a de caché, de secret, d'inconnaissable dans les phénomènes de la nature ; ce qui est inexplicable par la raison humaine.
  4. 4
    Ce qu’il y a de caché, de secret dans les affaires humaines.
  5. 5
    Les soins, les précautions que l’on prend pour n’être pas entendu, pour n’être pas observé.
  6. 6
    Composante du rosaire.
  7. 7
    Nom que l’on donnait, au Moyen Âge, à certaines pièces de théâtre, d’inspiration religieuse, dont le sujet était tiré des Écritures ou de la vie des saints.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alliette est l’homme le plus heureux de la terre ; il ne parle que tarots, cartes, sortilèges, sciences égyptiennes de Thot, mystères isiaques.
  2. On peut considérer que la raison, incapable d’établir la possibilité intrinsèque des mystères révélés, telles que la Trinité, l’Incarnation, l’Eucharistie, la création ex nihilo, peut néanmoins établir qu’ils ne sont pas contradictoires […] Les mystères, étant supra-rationnels, ne sauraient être démontrés ; mais, comme ils ne sont pas pour cela anti-ratio…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmystère
  • msytère
  • mysstère
  • mystere
  • mystrèe
  • mysttère
  • mystèer
  • mystèrre
  • mysètre
  • mytsère
  • myystère
  • ymstère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmystère1msytère2mysstère1mystere1mystrèe2mysttère1mystèer2mystèrre1
Edit distance from "mystère"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mystère"?
"mystère" is spelled M-Y-S-T-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.stɛʁ\.
What does "mystère" mean?
As a noun, "mystère" means: Ce qu’une religion a de plus caché, ce qui n’est connu que des initiés.
What words are commonly confused with "mystère"?
"mystère" is commonly confused with "mystery", "mystères", "master". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mystère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mystère" is \mi.stɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mystère" come from?
"mystère" 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 "mystère", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "mystère" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mystery". View pair
  • 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #3,475 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list