massot

\ma.so\

/\ma.so\/ noun

The verdict

“massot” is uncommon French (frequency #75,892 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,892
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des noms vulgaires du labre tourde, poisson.

Corpus desk

Index FR-massot · massot · French

massot · rank #75,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,892
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH masochistes

Nearest frequency peer: masochistes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « massot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « massot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for massot
PropertyValue
Headwordmassot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.so\
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « massot » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).massottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « masochistes » (#75,891), « mathusalem » (#75,893), « marsouin » (#75,890). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « massot » est au #75,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

massot is uncommon French at frequency #75,892 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un des noms vulgaires du labre tourde, poisson.".

massot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is massot, spelled M-A-S-S-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un des noms vulgaires du labre tourde, poisson.

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 "massot"?
"massot" is spelled M-A-S-S-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.so\.
What does "massot" mean?
As a noun, "massot" means: Un des noms vulgaires du labre tourde, poisson.
How do you pronounce "massot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "massot" is \ma.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "massot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list