masquage

\mas.kaʒ\

/\mas.kaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“masquage” is uncommon French (frequency #92,981 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,981
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de masquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-masquage · masquage · French

masquage · rank #92,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,981
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH matante

Nearest frequency peer: matante (+2 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 « masquage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « masquage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for masquage
PropertyValue
Headwordmasquage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas.kaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,981
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « masquage » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.masquagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « matante » (#92,983), « martelée » (#92,978), « marmonner » (#92,977). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « masquage » est au #92,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

masquage is uncommon French at frequency #92,981 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.kaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for masquage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is masquage, spelled M-A-S-Q-U-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de masquer.
  2. 2
    Phénomène auditif dans lequel un son (que l'on veut masquer) est rendu inaudible par la présence d'un autre son.
  3. 3
    Redéfinition.
  4. 4
    Opération logique utilisée en informatique et en électronique pour sélectionner dans un groupe de bits un sous-ensemble de bits à conserver, ou au contraire à écraser.
  5. 5
    Référencement abusif qui consiste à proposer deux versions différentes d’une même page de la toile, l’une visible par les internautes, l’autre destinée uniquement aux robots d’indexation des moteurs de recherche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le cas où le signal était appliqué à une oreille et le son de masquage à l'autre oreille, une réduction de la réponse au signal était observée (masquage contralatéral).
  2. Cette approche de masquage par l'utilisation de différents fonds sonores a été implantée dans l'environnement physique autour de l'autoroute.

Synonyms

camouflage

This word in other languages

masking(English)

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 "masquage"?
"masquage" is spelled M-A-S-Q-U-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.kaʒ\.
What does "masquage" mean?
As a noun, "masquage" means: Action de masquer.
How do you pronounce "masquage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "masquage" is \mas.kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "masquage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

martelée#92,978Messines#92,991malaisée#92,966maillets#92,965

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list