Mascareignes
\mas.ka.ʁɛɲ\
The verdict
“Mascareignes” is uncommon French (frequency #85,918 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,918
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel de l’Océan Indien dont les trois îles principales sont La Réunion, l’île Maurice et Rodrigues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mascareignes · Mascareignes · French
Mascareignes · rank #85,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,918
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH masala
Nearest frequency peer: masala (-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 « Mascareignes »
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 « Mascareignes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mascareignes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mas.ka.ʁɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mascareignes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mascareignes is uncommon French at frequency #85,918 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mas.ka.ʁɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Archipel de l’Océan Indien dont les trois îles principales sont La Réunion, l’île Maurice et Rodrigues.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mascareignes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Mascareignes, spelled M-A-S-C-A-R-E-I-G-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Archipel de l’Océan Indien dont les trois îles principales sont La Réunion, l’île Maurice et Rodrigues.
This word in other languages
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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