Which to use
“maigres” and “maîtres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,476
- “maigres” frequency rank
- #4,083
- “maîtres” frequency rank
- 21559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maigres | maîtres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maigre. | Masculin pluriel de maître. |
Where the eye mixes maigres and maîtres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. maigres and maîtres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maigres vs maîtres
A purely visual mix-up. maigres (\mɛɡʁ\) and maîtres (\mɛtʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maigres is recorded at frequency rank #17,476, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛɡʁ\. maîtres is at rank #4,083, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɛtʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21559, this pair ranks #362,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of maigres vs maîtres
Shared letters: aemrs. Private to "maigres": gi. Private to "maîtres": tî.
"maigres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "maîtres" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maigres ← amigres · magires · maigers · maiggres · maigress · maigrres · maigrse · mairges
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maigres" and "maîtres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "maigres" vs "maîtres" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maigres" and "maîtres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maigres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maîtres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maigres" and "maîtres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maigres". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #362,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.