master

\mas.tɛʁ\

/\mas.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“master” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,349. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,349
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grade universitaire et diplôme national de deuxième cycle de l’enseignement supérieur, directement supérieur à la licence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-master · master · French

master · rank #4,349 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,349
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marier

Nearest frequency peer: marier (-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 « master »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « master » 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).

master vs mate
67% similar
master vs mater
83% similar
master vs Mayer
50% similar

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

Key facts for master
PropertyValue
Headwordmaster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas.tɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,349
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « master »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).masterse 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 « marier » (#4,348), « mentir » (#4,350), « menée » (#4,351). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « master » est au #4,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around master (IPA \mas.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,349 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for master, with forms such as "amster", "masetr", and "masster". 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, "mate", "mater", "Mayer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is master, spelled M-A-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grade universitaire et diplôme national de deuxième cycle de l’enseignement supérieur, directement supérieur à la licence.
  2. 2
    Grade du système universitaire de tradition anglo-saxonne équivalent de la maîtrise en français.
  3. 3
    Matrice originale ou bande mère d’un enregistrement issue du studio après mixage.
  4. 4
    Tournoi sportif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai un master d’économie politique.
  2. J’ai tout foutu par terre J’te connaissais par cœur T’es plus qu’un larsen Au loin dans mon master

This word in other languages

master(English)Master(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amster
  • masetr
  • masster
  • masterr
  • mastre
  • mastter
  • matser
  • mmaster
  • msater

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of master - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amster2masetr2masster1masterr1mastre2mastter1matser2mmaster1
Edit distance from "master"

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 "master"?
"master" is spelled M-A-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.tɛʁ\.
What does "master" mean?
As a noun, "master" means: Grade universitaire et diplôme national de deuxième cycle de l’enseignement supérieur, directement supérieur à la licence.
What words are commonly confused with "master"?
"master" is commonly confused with "mate", "mater", "Mayer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "master"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "master" is \mas.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "master" come from?
"master" 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 "master", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

marier#4,348mentir#4,350leçons#4,346misère#4,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

portait9 variantsfatigue9 variantsdiffusé9 variantsbelges9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list