mascarade

\mas.ka.ʁad\

/\mas.ka.ʁad\/ noun

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The verdict

“mascarade” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,785
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déguisement d’une personne qui se masque pour quelque divertissement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mascarade · mascarade · French

mascarade · rank #20,785 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,785
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marcelo

Nearest frequency peer: Marcelo (-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 « mascarade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mascarade » 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
Key facts for mascarade
PropertyValue
Headwordmascarade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas.ka.ʁad\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,785
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mascarade »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mascaradese 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 « Marcelo » (#20,784), « manettes » (#20,783), « mentionnent » (#20,787). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mascarade » est au #20,785. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around mascarade (IPA \mas.ka.ʁad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,785 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mascarade, with forms such as "amscarade", "macsarade", and "masacrade". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mascarade, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déguisement d’une personne qui se masque pour quelque divertissement.
  2. 2
    Simulacre de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Troupe de gens déguisés et masqués.
  4. 4
    Chanson composée pour les comédies-ballets où l’on dansait sous le masque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Que veut dire ce travestissement, de Bracy ? demanda Fitzurze ; est-ce bien le temps des jeux de Noël et des mascarades, […].
  2. Parodie de justice ou bien procès de bouffonnerie, comme il était écrit tout récemment dans un des plus grands journaux du monde ! Pourquoi cette mascarade dont je fus victime ?

This word in other languages

fancy dress(English)mascarada(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amscarade
  • macsarade
  • masacrade
  • mascaarde
  • mascaradde
  • mascaraed
  • mascardae
  • mascarrade
  • masccarade
  • mascraade
  • masscarade
  • mmascarade
  • msacarade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mascarade - 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.

amscarade2macsarade2masacrade2mascaarde2mascaradde1mascaraed2mascardae2mascarrade1
Edit distance from "mascarade"

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 "mascarade"?
"mascarade" is spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.ka.ʁad\.
What does "mascarade" mean?
As a noun, "mascarade" means: Déguisement d’une personne qui se masque pour quelque divertissement.
What are common misspellings of "mascarade"?
Common misspellings include "amscarade", "macsarade", "masacrade", "mascaarde", "mascaradde". The correct spelling is "mascarade".
How do you pronounce "mascarade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mascarade" is \mas.ka.ʁad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mascarade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list