mastic

/\mas.tik\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,045

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

mastic is aFrenchnoun. It means: Gomme qui découle du lentisque. Pronounced \mas.tik\. Often confused with matin and music.

Key facts for mastic
PropertyValue
Headwordmastic
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mas.tik\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,045
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mastic in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mastic is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mas.tik\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,045 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mastic, with forms such as "amstic", "masitc", and "masstic". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "matin", "music", "magic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mastic, spelled M-A-S-T-I-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gomme qui découle du lentisque.
  2. 2
    Ciment formé de cire, de résine et de poudre de briques dont on se sert pour différents usages.
  3. 3
    Pâte formée de blanc d’Espagne et d’huile de lin dont les vitriers se servent pour fixer les vitres aux fenêtres et empêcher le passage de l’air.
  4. 4
    Composition de poudre de pierre et d’un liant organique.
  5. 5
    Toutes sortes de substances pâteuses susceptible de durcir et servant à boucher ou fixer.
  6. 6
    Erreur d’emplacement de caractères, de lignes ou de paragraphes entiers, révélée lors de l’impression.
  7. 7
    Situation ou conversation embrouillée, confuse.
  8. 8
    Chewing-gum.
  9. 9
    Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amstic,masitc,masstic,mastci,masticc,masttic,matsic,mmastic,msatic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mastic

Misspelling Variants of "mastic"

amstic6masitc6masstic7mastci6masticc7masttic7matsic6mmastic7
Misspelling Variants of "mastic"

Frequency rank: #44,045 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mastic"?
"mastic" is spelled M-A-S-T-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \mas.tik\.
What does "mastic" mean?
As a noun, "mastic" means: Gomme qui découle du lentisque.
What words are commonly confused with "mastic"?
"mastic" is commonly confused with "matin", "music", "magic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mastic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mastic" is \mas.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mastic" come from?
"mastic" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.