Mass or massé?
mass is a noun meaning “A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of…”; massé is a noun meaning “A stroke made with the cue held vertically that causes a billiard ball to move…”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) mass is about 3,020 times as common as massé.
What is the difference between mass and massé?
| mass | massé | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb, adjective | noun |
| Meaning | A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of… A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble | A stroke made with the cue held vertically that causes a billiard ball to move in an arc |
| Example | blue mass | none recorded |
| Forms | masses | massés masses |
| Pronunciation | /mæs/ /mas/ /mɛs/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 74 times per million words | about once in every 41 million words |
Sources: mass and massé in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of mass and massé
mass
- 1
A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size
- 2
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble
- 3
Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number
There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past
- 4
The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism
- 5
The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and…
- 6
A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram
- 7
Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses
Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse
- 8
Celebration of the Eucharist
massé
- 1
A stroke made with the cue held vertically that causes a billiard ball to move in an arc
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, mass or massé?
mass appears 74 times per million words; massé about once in every 41 million words.
mass 74 times per million wordsmassé about once in every 41 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).