Masha
\ma.ʃa\
The verdict
“Masha” is uncommon French (frequency #58,751 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,751
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin d’origine slave.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masha · Masha · French
Masha · rank #58,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,751
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Maryline
Nearest frequency peer: Maryline (-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 « Masha »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- maquereaux
maquereaux
41,254 corpus weight
- marraines
marraines
41,253 corpus weight
- marseillais…
marseillaises
41,252 corpus weight
- Maryline
Maryline
41,251 corpus weight
- Masha
Masha
41,250 corpus weight
- massacrant
massacrant
41,249 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Masha » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Masha |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ma.ʃa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Masha » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Masha is uncommon French at frequency #58,751 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin d’origine slave.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Masha, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Masha, spelled M-A-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin d’origine slave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Masha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle présidera, comme le veut la tradition, l’hommage officiel à Jeanne d'Arc qui aura lieu dimanche 8 mai, place Sainte-Croix à Orléans. Serge Grouard, maire d’Orléans, l’a annoncé officiellement ce vendredi 29 avril, lors de la cérémonie de remise de l’épée : l’actrice et réalisatrice ukrainienne Masha Kondakova est l’invitée d’honneur des Fêtes de Jean…
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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