masala
\ma.sa.la\
The verdict
“masala” is uncommon French (frequency #85,917 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,917
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de massala.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masala · masala · French
masala · rank #85,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,917
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH martinets
Nearest frequency peer: martinets (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « masala »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- martiennes
martiennes
14,086 corpus weight
- martinets
martinets
14,085 corpus weight
- masala
masala
14,084 corpus weight
- Mascareignes
Mascareignes
14,083 corpus weight
- masturbateur
masturbateur
14,082 corpus weight
- matérialisés
matérialisés
14,081 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « masala » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masala |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.sa.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « masala » en français
Rare enough to double-check
masala is uncommon French at frequency #85,917 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.sa.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de massala.".
Zero misspellings are on record for masala in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is masala, spelled M-A-S-A-L-A.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de massala.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how masala appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faire frire la moutarde [ici il s’agit de graines de moutarde], les graines de cumin et le piment séché dans le ghee et le beurre jusqu’à libérer leurs arômes, puis ajouter un brin de feuille de curry. Ajouter ensuite les oignons et l’ail, et les faire fondre. Enfin, ajouter la poudre de piment rouge et le curcuma afin de créer le « masala ».
Ils eurent plus de chance à Londres, où ils assistèrent à la relève de la garde à Buckingham Palace, évitèrent les autres étudiants indiens qui se pressaient chez Veeraswamy, préférèrent manger du hachis Parmentier et s’accordèrent à dire dans le train qui les ramenait à Cambridge que Trafalgar Square ne satisfaisait pas du tout aux exigences britanniques…
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.
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