mastication
\mas.ti.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“mastication” is uncommon French (frequency #59,433 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,433
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de mâcher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mastication · mastication · French
mastication · rank #59,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,433
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH massacrées
Nearest frequency peer: massacrées (-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 « mastication »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marr
marr
40,571 corpus weight
- martiniquai…
martiniquaise
40,570 corpus weight
- massacrées
massacrées
40,569 corpus weight
- mastication
mastication
40,568 corpus weight
- mausolées
mausolées
40,567 corpus weight
- Maxine
Maxine
40,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mastication » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mastication |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas.ti.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mastication » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mastication is uncommon French at frequency #59,433 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.ti.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de mâcher.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mastication in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mastication, spelled M-A-S-T-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de mâcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mastication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] ; après qu’il eut avec grand-peine accompli la mastication d’une bouchée de pois secs, il lui fallut absolument supplier son pieux amphitryon de lui fournir un breuvage quelconque ; […].
La langue est dure, déformée et relevée à la pointe : c'est la « langue de bois » des paysans allemands. La mastication est difficile, la salive n'est plus retenue dans la bouche et l’animal dépérit considérablement.
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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