massacre

\ma.sakʁ\

/\ma.sakʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“massacre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,364. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,364
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-massacre · massacre · French

massacre · rank #5,364 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,364
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manières

Nearest frequency peer: manières (-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 « massacre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « massacre » 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).

massacre vs massage
75% similar
massacre vs massacrer
89% similar
massacre vs massacrés
78% similar

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

Key facts for massacre
PropertyValue
Headwordmassacre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.sakʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,364
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « massacre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).massacrese 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 « manières » (#5,363), « matinée » (#5,365), « maires » (#5,362). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « massacre » est au #5,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around massacre (IPA \ma.sakʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,364 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for massacre, with forms such as "amssacre", "masacre", and "masascre". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "massage", "massacrer", "massacrés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is massacre, spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de massacrer.
  2. 2
    Grande tuerie de gibier, d'animaux.
  3. 3
    Ramure, tête du gibier tué.
  4. 4
    Discours, critique très sévère qui n’épargne rien ni personne.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant une ramure de cervidé attachée à un crâne complet ou non dans les armoiries. Il est représenté de front. À rapprocher de caboché, hure, massacre crucifère, rencontre et tête.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les salles cinématographiques de Mars, après les massacres de Kitnicheff, les scènes de la guerre balkanique récoltaient le plus d'applaudissements. Tout le monde s'efforçait de découvrir la signification de ces charivaris effarants.
  2. Ici, les gens parlaient d’incendies et de massacres, de cruautés et de représailles, du meurtre d’inoffensifs Asiatiques par des tourbes que déchaînait la haine de race, de villes mises à sac et complètement brûlées.

Synonyms

bain de sangboucheriecarnagetuerie

This word in other languages

massacre(English)matanza(Español)Gemetzel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amssacre
  • masacre
  • masascre
  • massaccre
  • massacer
  • massacrre
  • massarce
  • masscare
  • mmassacre
  • msasacre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of massacre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amssacre2masacre1masascre2massaccre1massacer2massacrre1massarce2masscare2
Edit distance from "massacre"

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 "massacre"?
"massacre" is spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.sakʁ\.
What does "massacre" mean?
As a noun, "massacre" means: Action de massacrer.
What words are commonly confused with "massacre"?
"massacre" is commonly confused with "massage", "massacrer", "massacrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "massacre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "massacre" is \ma.sakʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "massacre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

manières#5,363insectes#5,354pantalon#5,374initiale#5,353

Similar misspelling depth

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

matinée10 variantsloisirs10 variantsnerveux10 variantspasteur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list