Masefield
"masefield" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Masefield” is uncommon English (frequency #96,203 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,203
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-masefield · Masefield · English
Masefield · rank #96,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,203
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Maribyrnong
Nearest frequency peer: Maribyrnong (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Masefield”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- manumission
manumission
3,805 corpus weight
- Mariani
Mariani
3,801 corpus weight
- Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong
3,800 corpus weight
- Masefield
Masefield
3,798 corpus weight
- Maughan
Maughan
3,793 corpus weight
- mauri
mauri
3,792 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Masefield” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Masefield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Masefield” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Masefield is uncommon English at frequency #96,203 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Masefield in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Habitational surname from the village of Madresfield, in Worcestershire. The correct English form is Masefield, spelled M-A-S-E-F-I-E-L-D.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
- 2A locality, now unpopulated, in the Rural Municipality of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after John Masefield.
Etymology
Habitational surname from the village of Madresfield, in Worcestershire.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).