Which to use
“maigri” is a verb and “maître” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,540
- “maigri” frequency rank
- #946
- “maître” frequency rank
- 44486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maigri | maître |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de maigrir. | Personne qui exerce son autorité. |
Where the eye mixes maigri and maître
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. maigri and maître follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between maigri and maître
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: maigri is \me.ɡʁi\ while maître is \mɛtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maigri is recorded at frequency rank #43,540, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ɡʁi\. maître is at rank #946, tagged as anoun, 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 44486, this pair ranks #210,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maigri vs maître
Shared letters: amr. Private to "maigri": gi. Private to "maître": etî.
"maigri" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "maître" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maigri ← amigri · magiri · maiggri · maigir · mairgi · miagri · mmaigri
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maigri" and "maître" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maigri" or "maître"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maigri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maître" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,121 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maigri" and "maître" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maigret vs maigri". 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 #210,121 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.