Masseur
[maˈsøːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Masseur” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,345
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der nach Ausbildung und staatlicher Prüfung Massagen ausführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-masseur · Masseur · German
Masseur · rank #43,345 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,345
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Maschinerie
Nearest frequency peer: Maschinerie (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Masseur“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- marten
marten
56,660 corpus weight
- Mascha
Mascha
56,659 corpus weight
- maschinell
maschinell
56,658 corpus weight
- Maschinerie
Maschinerie
56,657 corpus weight
- Masseur
Masseur
56,656 corpus weight
- Mauerbau
Mauerbau
56,654 corpus weight
What this shows „Masseur“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Masseur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈsøːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Masseur“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Masseur (IPA [maˈsøːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,345 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "jemand, der nach Ausbildung und staatlicher Prüfung Massagen ausführt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Masseur, with forms such as "amsseur", "masesur", and "maseur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Messer", "Master", "Mauser", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Masseur, spelled M-A-S-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der nach Ausbildung und staatlicher Prüfung Massagen ausführt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Masseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Masseur konnte bei ihr alle Verspannungen lockern.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsseur
- masesur
- maseur
- masseru
- masseurr
- massuer
- maßeur
- mmasseur
- msaseur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Masseur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Masseur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).