# mason

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmeɪsən/ · frequency rank #5,709

## Definitions
1. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
2. One who prepares stone for building purposes.
3. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

## Etymology
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).

## Easily confused with
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mon)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-msn)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mass)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-moon)
- **mayo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mayo)
- **mast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mast)
- **mayor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mayor)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-moron)
- **melon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-melon)
- **massa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-massa)
- **Mayan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-mayan)
- **maven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-maven)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-myron)
- **Menon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-menon)
- **matron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-matron)
- **Masood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-masood)
- **masonry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-masonry)
- **Masonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mason-vs-masonic)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/man-vs-mason)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mao-vs-mason)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amson`, `maosn`, `masno`, `masonn`, `masson`, `mmason`, `msaon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mason