Masse
[ˈmasə]
The verdict
“Masse” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,815. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,815
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Ursache, dass der Materie Trägheit und Schwere (Gravitation) eigen sind; nach der Relativitätstheorie mit Kraft (Energie) gleichwertig (äquivalent)
Corpus desk
Index DE-masse · Masse · German
Masse · rank #1,815 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,815
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mail
Nearest frequency peer: Mail (-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 “Masse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Israel
Israel
98,189 corpus weight
- Küche
Küche
98,188 corpus weight
- Mail
Mail
98,187 corpus weight
- Masse
Masse
98,186 corpus weight
- melden
melden
98,185 corpus weight
- mitten
mitten
98,184 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Masse” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Masse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmasə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,815 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Masse” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Masse (IPA [ˈmasə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,815 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Masse, with forms such as "amsse", "mase", and "mases". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Muss", "Maus", "Mast", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Masse, spelled M-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1die Ursache, dass der Materie Trägheit und Schwere (Gravitation) eigen sind; nach der Relativitätstheorie mit Kraft (Energie) gleichwertig (äquivalent)
- 2viele, eine große Menge
- 3Referenzpotential, auch Erde oder Grund (kurz GND)
- 4ungeformte flüssige, weiche oder zähe Materie
- 5in großen Mengen, massenhaft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Masse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erde hat eine Masse von 5,9736·10²⁴ kg.
„Die molare Masse von CO₂ beträgt 44 g mol⁻¹.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsse
- mase
- mases
- maße
- mmasse
- msase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Masse - 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.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Masse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Masse". Here's where to go from here.
- "Masse" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Muss". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,815 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.