masque
/mæsk/noun
masque is spelled M-A-S-Q-U-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “mask vs masque” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, masque means “A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of masque is masques.
How many letters and syllables are in masque?
| Letters | 6: M-A-S-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is masque?
Masque appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 masque?
- US /mæsk/
- UK /mɑːsk/
- /mask/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mask.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with masque
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: masc, mask (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: mask.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with masque?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as masque from its last stressed vowel (/æsk/):
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 masque
- masques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does masque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
- 2
Words and music written for a masque.
- 3
A masquerade.
- 4
obsoleteObsolete spelling of mask.
- 5
A facial mask.
mud masque; clay masque
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Masque in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dramatic performance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | masque |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does masque come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French masque. Doublet of mask and mesh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).