mase
/meɪz/
"mase" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mase” is uncommon English (frequency #64,525 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,525
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /meɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mase” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mase is uncommon English at frequency #64,525 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /meɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mase, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser. The correct English form is mase, spelled M-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
Etymology
Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mase”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /meɪz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.