maçonnerie

\ma.sɔn.ʁi\

/\ma.sɔn.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“maçonnerie” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,903
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrage de construction où l’on emploie de la pierre, de la brique, du ciment, du mortier, du plâtre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maconnerie · maçonnerie · French

maçonnerie · rank #10,903 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #10,903
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH massifs

Nearest frequency peer: massifs (-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 « maçonnerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « maçonnerie » 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).

maçonnerie vs machinerie
70% similar

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

Key facts for maçonnerie
PropertyValue
Headwordmaçonnerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.sɔn.ʁi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,903
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « maçonnerie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).maçonneriese 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 « massifs » (#10,902), « menaçant » (#10,904), « manges » (#10,901). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maçonnerie » est au #10,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around maçonnerie (IPA \ma.sɔn.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,903 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for maçonnerie, with forms such as "amçonnerie", "maconnerie", and "maoçnnerie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "machinerie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is maçonnerie, spelled M-A-Ç-O-N-N-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrage de construction où l’on emploie de la pierre, de la brique, du ciment, du mortier, du plâtre, etc.
  2. 2
    Art de cette construction.
  3. 3
    Franc-maçonnerie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le fossé est encombré de pierres roulantes, de menthes, de ronces, la lermuse glisse sur les gravois et s'y enfouit, la chèvre apparaît sur les blocs de maçonnerie comme sur un piédestal, les vénérables murs, que les enfants du prophète ne purent franchir, se couchent aujourd'hui par lambeaux dans le fossé, qu'ils comblent ; […].
  2. Au XVᵉ siècle, une fenêtre à meneaux fut ouverte dans cette abside, à travers la maçonnerie visigothe.

This word in other languages

masonry(English)albañilería(Español)Mauerwerk(Deutsch)alvenaria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amçonnerie
  • maconnerie
  • maoçnnerie
  • maçnonerie
  • maçonenrie
  • maçonerie
  • maçonneire
  • maçonnerei
  • maçonnerrie
  • maçonnreie
  • mmaçonnerie
  • mçaonnerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of maçonnerie - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amçonnerie2maconnerie1maoçnnerie2maçnonerie2maçonenrie2maçonerie1maçonneire2maçonnerei2
Edit distance from "maçonnerie"

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 "maçonnerie"?
"maçonnerie" is spelled M-A-Ç-O-N-N-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.sɔn.ʁi\.
What does "maçonnerie" mean?
As a noun, "maçonnerie" means: Ouvrage de construction où l’on emploie de la pierre, de la brique, du ciment, du mortier, du plâtre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "maçonnerie"?
"maçonnerie" is commonly confused with "machinerie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "maçonnerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maçonnerie" is \ma.sɔn.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maçonnerie" come from?
"maçonnerie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obtiennent#10,916identifiés#10,889prétendant#10,927Roussillon#10,936

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

menaçant12 variantsignorent12 variantshorizons12 variantsfringues12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list