masquée

\mas.ke\

/\mas.ke\/ adj

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The verdict

“masquée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,345
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de masqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-masquee · masquée · French

masquée · rank #33,345 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,345
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maréchaux

Nearest frequency peer: maréchaux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « masquée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

masquée vs massue
71% similar
masquée vs moquée
71% similar
masquée vs mosquée
86% similar

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

Key facts for masquée
PropertyValue
Headwordmasquée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mas.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,345
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « masquée »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « maréchaux » (#33,344), « matelots » (#33,346), « martiniquais » (#33,343). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « masquée » est au #33,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around masquée (IPA \mas.ke\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,345 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de masqué.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for masquée, with forms such as "amsquée", "maqsuée", and "masqquée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "massue", "moquée", "mosquée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 masquée, spelled M-A-S-Q-U-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de masqué.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amsquée
  • maqsuée
  • masqquée
  • masquee
  • masqueé
  • masqéue
  • massquée
  • masuqée
  • mmasquée
  • msaquée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masquée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amsquée2maqsuée2masqquée1masquee1masqueé2masqéue2massquée1masuqée2
Edit distance from "masquée"

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 "masquée"?
"masquée" is spelled M-A-S-Q-U-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.ke\.
What does "masquée" mean?
As an adjective, "masquée" means: Féminin singulier de masqué.
What words are commonly confused with "masquée"?
"masquée" is commonly confused with "massue", "moquée", "mosquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "masquée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "masquée" is \mas.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "masquée" come from?
"masquée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

missive#33,348machins#33,338Monnier#33,352Luciano#33,337

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

moquerie10 variantsMédard10 variantsLavigne10 variantsLabeaume10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list