mascarades
\mas.ka.ʁad\
The verdict
“mascarades” is uncommon French (frequency #90,919 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,919
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mascarade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mascarades · mascarades · French
mascarades · rank #90,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,919
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marylène
Nearest frequency peer: Marylène (-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 « mascarades »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Maquet
Maquet
9,086 corpus weight
- Marylène
Marylène
9,083 corpus weight
- mascarades
mascarades
9,082 corpus weight
- mastiquer
mastiquer
9,081 corpus weight
- matamore
matamore
9,080 corpus weight
- matous
matous
9,079 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mascarades » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mascarades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas.ka.ʁad\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mascarades » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mascarades is uncommon French at frequency #90,919 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.ka.ʁad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mascarade.".
mascarades has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mascarades, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de mascarade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mascarades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ministre des Affaires étrangères, Catherine Colonna, a qualifié, mardi, de « mascarades » les référendums d’annexion organisés en Ukraine par Moscou.
Hé camarade Si les jeux sont faitsAu son des mascarades On pourra toujours se marrer Et tout le long des courants d’air On voit des amoureux Qui savent encore changer leurs nerfs En un bouquet délicieux
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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