masses

\mas\

/\mas\/ noun

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The verdict

“masses” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,461
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-masses · masses · French

masses · rank #7,461 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,461
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maintenance

Nearest frequency peer: maintenance (-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 « masses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « masses » 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).

masses vs mises
67% similar
masses vs messe
67% similar
masses vs Massy
50% similar

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

Key facts for masses
PropertyValue
Headwordmasses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,461
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « masses »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).massesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « maintenance » (#7,460), « monastère » (#7,462), « légendaire » (#7,459). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « masses » est au #7,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around masses (IPA \mas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,461 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de masse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for masses, with forms such as "amsses", "masess", and "massess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mises", "messe", "Massy", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is masses, spelled M-A-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de masse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis le temps qu'il nous fréquente, nous l’opinion publique, l'ancien nouveau philosophe l'a expérimenté dans sa chair : livrées à elles-mêmes, les masses pensent n’importe comment et votent n’importe quoi. D’où la nécessité de confier la pensée à un vrai professionnel comme lui.
  2. L'histoire, n'en déplaise aux élitistes et aux complotistes, faces complémentaires d'une même incompréhension, est faite par les masses, aisées, pauvres ou médiocres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amsses
  • masess
  • massess
  • massse
  • mmasses
  • msases

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masses - 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.

amsses2masess2massess1massse2mmasses1msases2
Edit distance from "masses"

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 "masses"?
"masses" is spelled M-A-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mas\.
What does "masses" mean?
As a noun, "masses" means: Pluriel de masse.
What words are commonly confused with "masses"?
"masses" is commonly confused with "mises", "messe", "Massy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "masses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "masses" is \mas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "masses" come from?
"masses" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nobles#7,466nommés#7,467jersey#7,454hormis#7,447

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

lions6 variantsKelly6 variantsnuire6 variantsorage6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list