amasse

\a.mas\

/\a.mas\/ noun

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The verdict

“amasse” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,294
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récolte de la résine de pin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-amasse · amasse · French

amasse · rank #44,294 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,294
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alourdit

Nearest frequency peer: alourdit (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « amasse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « amasse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

amasse vs asse
67% similar
amasse vs amusé
50% similar
amasse vs apaise
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for amasse
PropertyValue
Headwordamasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.mas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,294
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « amasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).amassese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alourdit » (#44,293), « Americans » (#44,295), « allègue » (#44,292). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « amasse » est au #44,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around amasse (IPA \a.mas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,294 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Récolte de la résine de pin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for amasse, with forms such as "aamsse", "amase", and "amases". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "asse", "amusé", "apaise", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is amasse, spelled A-M-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récolte de la résine de pin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how amasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. – Dans ma propriété de Balisac, les résiniers ne sont pas vaillants comme ici : quatre amasses de gemme, lorsque les paysans d’Argelouse en font sept ou huit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aamsse
  • amase
  • amases
  • ammasse
  • amsase
  • maasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amasse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aamsse2amase1amases2ammasse1amsase2maasse2
Edit distance from "amasse"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "amasse"?
"amasse" is spelled A-M-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.mas\.
What does "amasse" mean?
As a noun, "amasse" means: Récolte de la résine de pin.
What words are commonly confused with "amasse"?
"amasse" is commonly confused with "asse", "amusé", "apaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "amasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "amasse" is \a.mas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "amasse" come from?
"amasse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auvent#44,316visons#44,258birman#44,332Vieira#44,256

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Arcy6 variantsÉvry6 variantsémaux6 variantsécria6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list