mast
\ˈmæst\
The verdict
“mast” is uncommon French (frequency #84,051 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,051
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mât.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mast · mast · French
mast · rank #84,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,051
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH massent
Nearest frequency peer: massent (-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 « mast »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marchèrent
marchèrent
15,954 corpus weight
- Marcillac
Marcillac
15,953 corpus weight
- massent
massent
15,951 corpus weight
- mast
mast
15,950 corpus weight
- Mather
Mather
15,948 corpus weight
- matons
matons
15,946 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mast » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mast |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmæst\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mast » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mast is uncommon French at frequency #84,051 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmæst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mât.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mast in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mast, spelled M-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Mât.
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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