massives

\ma.siv\

/\ma.siv\/ adj

The verdict

“massives” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,183. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,183
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de massif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-massives · massives · French

massives · rank #15,183 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,183
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH martyre

Nearest frequency peer: martyre (-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 « massives »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « massives » 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).

massives vs missive
75% similar
massives vs missiles
75% similar
massives vs masses
75% similar

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

Key facts for massives
PropertyValue
Headwordmassives
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.siv\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,183
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « massives »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).massivesse 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 « martyre » (#15,182), « matinale » (#15,184), « marchera » (#15,181). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « massives » est au #15,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around massives (IPA \ma.siv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,183 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de massif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for massives, with forms such as "amssives", "masisves", and "masives". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "missive", "missiles", "masses", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is massives, spelled M-A-S-S-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de massif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il a marqué les esprits durant son deuxième passage au pouvoir, beaucoup plus long (2012-2020) avec sa politique économique audacieuse surnommée les « Abenomics », combinant des relances budgétaires massives avec une politique monétaire ultra-accommodante, une stratégie qui perdure encore au Japon, malgré des résultats inégaux faute de réformes structurel…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amssives
  • masisves
  • masives
  • massievs
  • massivess
  • massivse
  • massivves
  • massvies
  • mmassives
  • msasives

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of massives - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amssives2masisves2masives1massievs2massivess1massivse2massivves1massvies2
Edit distance from "massives"

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 "massives"?
"massives" is spelled M-A-S-S-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.siv\.
What does "massives" mean?
As an adjective, "massives" means: Féminin pluriel de massif.
What words are commonly confused with "massives"?
"massives" is commonly confused with "missive", "missiles", "masses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "massives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "massives" is \ma.siv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "massives" come from?
"massives" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list