masted
"masted" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masted” is uncommon English (frequency #80,655 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,655
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having (the specified kind or number of) masts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-masted · masted · English
masted · rank #80,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,655
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Masaru
Nearest frequency peer: Masaru (-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 “masted”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Masaru
Masaru
19,347 corpus weight
- masted
masted
19,346 corpus weight
- masterstroke
masterstroke
19,345 corpus weight
- Masuda
Masuda
19,344 corpus weight
- maturely
maturely
19,343 corpus weight
- McBurney
McBurney
19,342 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “masted” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “masted” in English
Rare enough to double-check
masted is uncommon English at frequency #80,655 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having (the specified kind or number of) masts.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for masted, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mast + -ed. The correct English form is masted, spelled M-A-S-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having (the specified kind or number of) masts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how masted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a three-masted sailing ship.
Etymology
From mast + -ed.
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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