masseuse
\ma.søz\
The verdict
“masseuse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,369
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui masse les membres du corps pour les assouplir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masseuse · masseuse · French
masseuse · rank #40,369 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,369
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Marigny
Nearest frequency peer: Marigny (-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 « masseuse »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- maquereau
maquereau
59,635 corpus weight
- margarine
margarine
59,634 corpus weight
- Marigny
Marigny
59,633 corpus weight
- masseuse
masseuse
59,632 corpus weight
- maudire
maudire
59,631 corpus weight
- maze
maze
59,630 corpus weight
What this shows « masseuse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masseuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.søz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « masseuse »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around masseuse (IPA \ma.søz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,369 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for masseuse, with forms such as "amsseuse", "masesuse", and "maseuse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "massue", "masses", "masseur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is masseuse, spelled M-A-S-S-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Celle qui masse les membres du corps pour les assouplir.
- 2Prostituée.
- 3Travailleuse, femme laborieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how masseuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tandis que les masseuses noires entrent en action, les moins bousculées trouvent le temps de manger et de potiner avec les concubines d’autres harems.
Le Sampran Rehabilitation est un institut de massage dont les masseuses sont toutes des personnes non voyantes. Comme la plupart ne parlent pas anglais, tout se fait par le toucher, et donne encore plus de sensations aux soins.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amsseuse
- masesuse
- maseuse
- massesue
- masseues
- masseusse
- massuese
- mmasseuse
- msaseuse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of masseuse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).