mase
/meɪz/verb
mase is spelled M-A-S-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, mase means “To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mase?
| Letters | 4: M-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mase?
Mase appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mase?
- US /meɪz/
Mase has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mase.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mase
Also written: maze.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mase?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mase from its last stressed vowel (/eɪz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: same, mesa, seam, sema.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mase
- mases present, singular, he/she/it
- masing participle, present
- mased participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mase come from?
Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).