masculin

Name: masculin, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\mas.ky.lɛ̃\

/\mas.ky.lɛ̃\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“masculin” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,873
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est de sexe mâle, qui a rapport à ce sexe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-masculin · masculin · French

masculin · rank #4,873 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,873
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH malheureux

Nearest frequency peer: malheureux (-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.

lancée

95,132
Lorraine

95,131
malheureux

95,129
masculin

95,128
Microsoft

95,127
mobiles

95,126

What this shows « masculin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

masculin vs masculine

89% similar

masculin vs masculins

89% similar

masculin vs masculines

80% similar

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

Key facts for masculin
Property	Value
Headword	masculin
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\mas.ky.lɛ̃\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#4,873
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « masculin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.masculinse place ici:

#4,873

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malheureux » (#4,872), « Microsoft » (#4,874), « mobiles » (#4,875). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « masculin » est au #4,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around masculin (IPA \mas.ky.lɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,873 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for masculin, with forms such as "amsculin", "macsulin", and "mascculin". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "masculine", "masculins", "masculines", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is masculin, spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N.

Definition

1
Qui est de sexe mâle, qui a rapport à ce sexe.
2
Qui possède les caractéristiques de ce sexe de manière développée.
3
Qualifie un genre des mots avec le féminin et, dans certaines langues, le neutre, l’ambigène, etc. — Note d’usage : Il est soit logiquement lié aux hommes ou aux animaux mâles, soit arbitrairement défini par l’usage.
4
Qualifie une rime formée par un mot dont l’accent porte sur la dernière syllabe non suivie d’un e muet.
5
Qui est propre et particulier à l’homme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une seule usine, employant une vingtaine d’ouvriers, existe à Vatan et la main-d’œuvre masculine, hormis celle du bâtiment, se voit contrainte d’aller travailler dans les villes voisines. La main-d’œuvre féminine est plus favorisée.
Ces molécules ne sont pas liées de manière covalente aux plastiques et diverses études ont montré que certains composés à courte chaîne (le diéthylhexylphtalate ou DEHP, notamment) peuvent empêcher l’action des hormones masculines et perturber le fonctionnement des hormones thyroïdiennes.

Synonyms

viril macho

Antonyms

androgyne efféminé féminin

This word in other languages

male(English)masculino(Español)maskulin(Deutsch)masculino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amsculin
macsulin
mascculin
mascluin
mascuiln
masculinn
mascullin
masculni
massculin
masuclin
mmasculin
msaculin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masculin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "masculin"

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 "masculin"?

"masculin" is spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.ky.lɛ̃\.

What does "masculin" mean?

As an adjective, "masculin" means: Qui est de sexe mâle, qui a rapport à ce sexe.

What words are commonly confused with "masculin"?

"masculin" is commonly confused with "masculine", "masculins", "masculines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "masculin"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "masculin" is \mas.ky.lɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "masculin" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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