Masoud
"masoud" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Masoud” is uncommon English (frequency #82,520 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,520
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Arabic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-masoud · Masoud · English
Masoud · rank #82,520 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,520
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH maser
Nearest frequency peer: maser (-1 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 “Masoud”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- maser
maser
17,482 corpus weight
- Masoud
Masoud
17,481 corpus weight
- Matera
Matera
17,480 corpus weight
- Maynooth
Maynooth
17,478 corpus weight
- maza
maza
17,477 corpus weight
- mazza
mazza
17,476 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Masoud” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Masoud |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Masoud” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Masoud is uncommon English at frequency #82,520 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Arabic.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Masoud in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic مَسْعُود (masʕūd); this surname is predominantly found in Tanzania and Egypt. The correct English form is Masoud, spelled M-A-S-O-U-D.
Definition
- 1A surname from Arabic.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَسْعُود (masʕūd); this surname is predominantly found in Tanzania and Egypt.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).