massa
noun
massa is spelled M-A-S-S-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, massa means “Pronunciation spelling of master” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of massa is massas.
How many letters and syllables are in massa?
| Letters | 5: M-A-S-S-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 massa?
Massa appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 massa?
Massa has 2 syllables (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).
What rhymes with massa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as massa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: amass, samsa.
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 massa
- massas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does massa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of master.
At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.
noun
- 1
A Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of massa, master, particularly as a form of address.
Officer.–"What is the numerical strength of the enemy in our front?" Intelligent Contraband.–"Eh, Massa?" O.–"How many men has the Confederate General Blank?" I. C.–"'Bout forty-leben thousan', Massa." O.–"Don't you mean about four thousand
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).