mastite
\mas.tit\
The verdict
“mastite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation glandes mammaires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mastite · mastite · French
mastite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mastite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mas.tit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mastite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mas.tit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mastite, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mastite, spelled M-A-S-T-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation glandes mammaires.
- 2Pierre figurée qui a la forme d’un bout de téton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mastite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ailleurs, une mastite se manifeste souvent à un moment où vous êtes particulièrement fatiguée.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.