masse volumique
\mas vɔ.ly.mik\
The verdict
“masse volumique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grandeur physique définie par la masse d’un matériau par unité de volume. L’unité SI en est le kilogramme par mètre cube (kg/m³) mais on utilise couramment le gramme par centimètre cube (g/cm³). La...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masse volumique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas vɔ.ly.mik\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “masse volumique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
masse volumique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas vɔ.ly.mik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grandeur physique définie par la masse d’un matériau par unité de volume. L’unité SI en est le kilogramme par mètre cube (kg/m³) mais on utilise couramment le gramme par centimètre cube (g/cm³). La...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for masse volumique, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is masse volumique, spelled M-A-S-S-E- -V-O-L-U-M-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Grandeur physique définie par la masse d’un matériau par unité de volume. L’unité SI en est le kilogramme par mètre cube (kg/m³) mais on utilise couramment le gramme par centimètre cube (g/cm³). La densité relative d’un liquide ou d’un solide est presque égale à la masse volumique mesurée en g/cm³, parce que l’eau a une masse volumique presque égale à 1 g/cm³.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “masse volumique”
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- The one correct French spelling is M-A-S-S-E- -V-O-L-U-M-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mas vɔ.ly.mik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.