master race
"master-race" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“master race” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A race of people who are superior to others.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | master race |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “master race” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
master race is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A race of people who are superior to others.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for master race, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Herrenrasse. The correct English form is master race, spelled M-A-S-T-E-R- -R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1A race of people who are superior to others.
Etymology
Calque of German Herrenrasse.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “master race”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-S-T-E-R- -R-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.