Which to use
“master” and “masters” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,349
- “master” frequency rank
- #10,356
- “masters” frequency rank
- 14705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | master | masters |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grade universitaire et diplôme national de deuxième cycle de l’enseignement supérieur, directement supérieur à la licence. | Pluriel de master. |
Same sound, different letters: master vs masters
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - master and masters
This is the hard kind. master and masters are pronounced identically (\mas.tɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “master” sits inside “masters”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
master is recorded at frequency rank #4,349, classified as anoun, pronounced \mas.tɛʁ\. masters is at rank #10,356, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mas.tɛʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14705, this pair ranks #395,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of master vs masters
Shared letters: aemrst. Private to "master": -. Private to "masters": -.
"master" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "masters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "master" and "masters" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "master" vs "masters" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"master" and "masters" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "master" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "master" and "masters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magister vs master". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #395,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.