Massachusetts

\ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\

/\ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\/ name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Massachusetts” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,250
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de Nouvelle-Angleterre, aux États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal MA), bordé par le Vermont au nord-ouest, le New Hampshire au nord, l’océan Atlantique Nord à l’est (baie du Massachusetts, baie d...

Corpus desk

Index FR-massachusetts · Massachusetts · French

Massachusetts · rank #18,250 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,250
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maj

Nearest frequency peer: maj (-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 « Massachusetts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Massachusetts » 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
Key facts for Massachusetts
PropertyValue
HeadwordMassachusetts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\
Letters13
Frequency rank#18,250
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Massachusetts »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « maj » (#18,249), « Matteo » (#18,251), « maille » (#18,248). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Massachusetts » est au #18,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Massachusetts (IPA \ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #18,250 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État de Nouvelle-Angleterre, aux États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal MA), bordé par le Vermont au nord-ouest, le New Hampshire au nord, l’océan Atlantique Nord à l’est (baie du Massachusetts, baie d...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Massachusetts, with forms such as "amssachusetts", "masachusetts", and "masaschusetts". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Massachusetts, spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de Nouvelle-Angleterre, aux États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal MA), bordé par le Vermont au nord-ouest, le New Hampshire au nord, l’océan Atlantique Nord à l’est (baie du Massachusetts, baie du Cap Cod, détroit du Nantucket, baie des Buses), le Rhode Island au sud, le Connecticut au sud-ouest, et l’État de New York à l’ouest, et dont la capitale est Boston.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’évêque Pontoppidan prétend avoir vu le serpent de mer, et même de nos jours des marins l'ont signalé en 1873 et en 1875 dans la baie du Massachusetts.
  2. Là où j’étais en premier, dans l’État du Maine, il y avait plus de Canadiens que d’Américains ou d’Irlandais ; tout le monde parlait français ; mais à la place où je reste maintenant, qui est dans l’État de Massachusetts, il y en a moins. Quelques familles tout de même ; on va veiller le soir…

This word in other languages

Massachusetts(English)Massachusetts(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amssachusetts
  • masachusetts
  • masaschusetts
  • massacchusetts
  • massachhusetts
  • massachsuetts
  • massachuestts
  • massachusets
  • massachusetst
  • massachusettss
  • massachussetts
  • massachustets
  • massacuhsetts
  • massahcusetts
  • masscahusetts
  • mmassachusetts
  • msasachusetts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amssachusetts2masachusetts1masaschusetts2massacchusetts1massachhusetts1massachsuetts2massachuestts2massachusets1
Edit distance from "Massachusetts"

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 "Massachusetts"?
"Massachusetts" is spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\.
What does "Massachusetts" mean?
As a proper noun, "Massachusetts" means: État de Nouvelle-Angleterre, aux États-Unis d’Amérique (code postal MA), bordé par le Vermont au nord-ouest, le New Hampshire au nord, l’océan Atlantique Nord à l’est (baie du Massachusetts, baie d...
What are common misspellings of "Massachusetts"?
Common misspellings include "amssachusetts", "masachusetts", "masaschusetts", "massacchusetts", "massachhusetts". The correct spelling is "Massachusetts".
How do you pronounce "Massachusetts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Massachusetts" is \ma.sa.tʃu.sɛts\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Massachusetts" come from?
"Massachusetts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

incompatibles#18,224superficielle#18,331automobiliste#18,126rémunérations#18,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

mécontents17 variantsinstructeur17 variantsqualificatif17 variantsdestructeur17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list