masses
/ˈmæs.ɪz/
"masses" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,814
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of mass
Corpus desk
Index EN-masses · masses · English
masses · rank #7,814 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,814
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manages
Nearest frequency peer: manages (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “masses”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Lou
Lou
92,190 corpus weight
- lynch
lynch
92,189 corpus weight
- manages
manages
92,188 corpus weight
- masses
masses
92,187 corpus weight
- medicare
medicare
92,186 corpus weight
- modeling
modeling
92,185 corpus weight
What this shows “masses” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæs.ɪz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “masses”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around masses (IPA /ˈmæs.ɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,814 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for masses, with forms such as "amsses", "mases", and "masess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mates", "Moses", "muses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is masses, spelled M-A-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of mass
- 2plural of masse
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsses
- mases
- masess
- massess
- massse
- mmasses
- msases
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "masses", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).