masterclass
\mas.təʁ.klas\
The verdict
“masterclass” is uncommon French (frequency #55,430 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,430
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Session de formation de haut niveau dispensée par un artiste dont l’autorité est reconnue dans une discipline.
Corpus desk
Index FR-masterclass · masterclass · French
masterclass · rank #55,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,430
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Maurer
Nearest frequency peer: Maurer (+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 « masterclass »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- margrave
margrave
44,575 corpus weight
- marinier
marinier
44,574 corpus weight
- Marmara
Marmara
44,573 corpus weight
- masterclass
masterclass
44,571 corpus weight
- Maurer
Maurer
44,570 corpus weight
- Mayweather
Mayweather
44,569 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « masterclass » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masterclass |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas.təʁ.klas\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « masterclass » en français
Rare enough to double-check
masterclass is uncommon French at frequency #55,430 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.təʁ.klas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for masterclass, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is masterclass, spelled M-A-S-T-E-R-C-L-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Session de formation de haut niveau dispensée par un artiste dont l’autorité est reconnue dans une discipline.
- 2Action ou performance virtuose démontrant la maitrise brillante d’un sujet par une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how masterclass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La deuxième masterclass, dédiée à la cuvée Dom Ruinart et animée par l’œnologue Florence Boubée-Legrand, nous a montré ce qui définit une maison de luxe : l’attention à chaque détail.
Les Wolves ont répondu quatre minutes plus tard par Leander Dendoncker, mais De Bruyne a ajouté trois autres buts dans une masterclass de quatre buts, avant que Raheem Sterling n'achève la déroute.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).