masses
/ˈmæs.ɪz/noun, verb
masses is spelled M-A-S-S-E-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, masses means “People, especially a large number of people; the general population” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in masses?
| Letters | 6: M-A-S-S-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is masses?
Masses appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 masses?
- /ˈmæs.ɪz/
Masses 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). Recordings: En-us-masses.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does masses mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
People, especially a large number of people; the general population.
- 2
The total population.
The masses will be voting this Tuesday.
- 3
The lower classes or all but the elite.
[…] the ignorant masses […]
- 4
plural of mass
- 5
plural of masse
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of mass
noun
- 1
plural of massé
noun
- 1
plural of Mass
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Masses in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense people, especially a large number:
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.